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Saul The only thing that really anchors the novel in a time period is the fact that the main female character's father is a policeman involved in a riot in…moreThe only thing that really anchors the novel in a time period is the fact that the main female character's father is a policeman involved in a riot in 1969 in which his behavior is exposed and he is forced to make life changes such as moving to the Republic full-time (to where he formerly had a summer home). He dies a few years later. Then the daughter, Catherine, starts the relationship with Jack, the main character, that takes them back and forth between Belmullet and Belfast. Presumably, they are together (on and off) throughout the late '70's/early '80's (one clue is a book of poems from that time on a night table). The early part of the novel is some time after the part in the latter part, when Catherine has totally rejected Jack and he pines on for her. It could still be the '80's or it might be as late as when the novel was written in the mid-'90s.(less)

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