My Father's Wake

An excellent book and an easy enjoyable read. Kevin Toolis writes from his personal experience about life and death. This includes his journalistic travels to third world countries, war-ravaged areas, and his “own backyard” - so to speak - in the “troubles” of Northern Ireland. Ultimately though this is a deeply personal account about how he has dealt with loss of his own family members. Highly recommended. I would also strongly recommended his earlier book Rebel Hearts.