Book Review
The Stream of Everything – Connell’s river stories search for profundity but veer off course
John Connell’s third book, a ‘water pilgrimage’ on the river Camlin in Co Longford, provides an interesting guide to the local area and ecology, but risks becoming unnecessarily sentimental
John Connell’s breakout work The Cow Book was an eloquent memoir of the Longford author’s return to his farming roots after a challenging time in Australia and Canada. He followed it up with The Running Book, a reflection on the meaning that could be derived from running (in the literal sense) around his home county.
The Stream of Everything continues in a similar vein, searching for profundity in familiar yet hitherto unexplored territory – namely ...
