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|title=The Black Snow

|sort=Black Snow, The

|publisher=Quercus

|date=March 2014

|website=http://www.paullynchwriter.com/

|summary=The Black Snow is on the face of it a novel about farming life in Ireland but is really a tale of loss, perseverance and heartbreak.

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Barnabas Kane returned to his birthplace in Ireland with his family with the goal of setting up his own farm and raising his son in a better setting than New York. With his farm of a decent size and a good herd of cattle all seems well with Kane until out ploughing one day he and his farm hand Matthew Peoples spot smoke in the sky from the direction of his byre. The fire marks the start of a sometimes bleak downward spiral and Kane is forced to rely on the kindness of his neighbours who still see him as an outsider.