Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Joseph O'Connor
Born: September 20, 1963 (age 62)
Bio: Joseph Victor O'Connor is an Irish novelist. He is known for his 2002 historical novel Star of the Sea. Before success as an author he was a journalist with the Sunday Tribune newspaper and Esquire magazine.
Known for:
- Star of the Sea (2004)
- Redemption Falls (2007)
- Ghost Light (2010)
- The Thrill of it All (2014)
- The Salesman: A Novel (1998)