Darragh McKeon examines two lives shattered by the Troubles in Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Sunday by Darragh McKeon
Anne Cunningham
Darragh McKeon’s first novel, All That is Solid Melts into Air, was set in Chernobyl after the power plant disaster.
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