Regular Chronicles writer (and soon-to be novelist) Wayne Allensworth reviews A Modern Journey in that journal’s September issue – In his latest book, Derek Turner, author of Sea Changes and Displacement, takes his readers on a seriocomic journey with a latter-day Holy Fool. Along the way, Turner takes aim at the insanity of political correctness,… Continue reading
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A Modern Journey reviewed by the Connor Post
James Connor has penned a generous and thoughtful review of my Irish novel A Modern Journey. An extract: “Turner is an outstanding wordsmith. The quality of his writing is a pleasure. Maybe he could have dialed back some of the more preposterous pronouncements of Ambrose, but only because they slacken the pace. Then again, I have a… Continue reading
First review of A Modern Journey
The first review of A Modern Journey has just appeared. My thanks to Edward Dutton and Quadrapheme for this handsome write-up http://www.quadrapheme.com/derek-turner-a-modern-journey/
In the ultra-West
IN THE ULTRA-WEST Derek Turner Drowned drumlins swarmed in the brilliant bay, and ravens like those that plagued Saint Patrick croaked from the chasm below my feet as they rolled lazily half a mile above County Mayo. The ravens’ harsh call was an onomatopoeic reminder of my present eminence, Croagh Patrick, the 2,510 foot cone… Continue reading