![]() ![]() ![]() He becomes increasingly distant from his parents as he gets older. We later learn that Sergeant Burke leaked misinformation about Eddie being an informant to the narrator’s grandfather because the latter murdered a police officer.Īs time goes on, the narrator pieces together his family’s history from their confessions and from their community’s stories about them. Later, the narrator throws a rock at a police car, and he tells Sergeant Burke the names of the boys he was with during the incident. The police arrest the narrator, his father, and his brother Liam and beat them at the police station. ![]() The first one occurs when the police spot the narrator playing with a gun. The narrator has many run-ins with the police. The real police informant was Tony McIlhenny, one of the narrator’s uncles who escaped to Chicago.Īnother dominant narrative throughout the novel is the conflict between citizens and the police. Later, the narrator’s grandfather reveals that he ordered Eddie’s execution after hearing rumors that Eddie was a police informant. According to rumors, Eddie became involved with the Irish Republican Army, and he disappeared after a shoot-out at an old distillery. Most of his family members, especially the narrator’s parents, refuse to talk about Eddie. ![]() The narrator, a young boy, is curious about his uncle’s disappearance in the 1920s. Throughout the novel, the dominant narrative is the mystery surrounding Uncle Eddie. ![]()
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