John Carlyle, a 38-year-old Irish Australian advertising executive, is in trouble. His French wife, Nicole, has left him, taking their 8-year-old son with her, his business is floundering, he's on the edge of bankruptcy, alcohol is becoming a problem, and he's hearing poetic voices in his mind urging him to return to his birthplace, the island of Inis M r, in Galway Bay.Initially, he ignores these strange urges, but when he receives a letter from...