Irish Ghosts And Hauntings Av Michael Scott

<p>What is it about Ireland''s past that so haunts the imagination? More than one answer can be found in Michael Scott''s powerful new collection of twenty-nine tales. <br><br>To start with, in a newly Christianised Ireland, monks do battle with a devilish monster that has killed a river. All the water in this collection, from rivers to lakes, conceal dangers that men and women would best avoid. Ready to tempt Ireland''s new conquerors - humankind - supernatural forces hide beneath waves, in bogs, in the very land, waiting. <br><br>With his usual inventiveness, Michael Scott juxtaposes the old and the new, the ancient and modern, showing that in everyday situations, the curses of Ireland''s mythic past lie imp-like, threatening destruction.</p>