The Black Snow is a bleak novel. Bleak with a capital B. Written by Paul Lynch, the story takes place is rural Ireland in 1945. Barnabas is a farmer who emigrated to America, built sky scrapers in New York, married a woman, and bought a farm in his native Ireland with his winnings. One spring day as he is plowing the field with his farm hand, a fire starts in his barn. Despite the help of other farmers, the barn burns to the ground with all 42 cattle and the farm hand. After that everything goes wrong for Barnabas, his wife, and his teen aged son. The local farmers are not much help. To be honest, Barnabas was a bit of a jerk plus they distrust him because he went to America. I enjoyed reading the book but I recommend against reading it if you are having a down day.
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