Quotations from Liam O'Flaherty's work combine with photographs of Ireland to create a journey of images and words through O'Flaherty's lifetime. The author was born on the Aran Islands. This book covers his early years, his World War I experiences, his years of travel, his involvement in the Irish Civil War and Communist politics, and his success as a writer in a generation of Irish writers that included Frank O'Connor, Sean O'Faolain and Austin Clarke.