This was the second Niall Williams book that i read - his other one As It Is In Heaven - reduced me to tears in the last few pages so as soon as i saw this book in the shop, i had to have it. Four Letters of Love is a book which, on the face of it, is about a man trying to discover who his father was and why he chose to turn his back on his career, family, and old life and become a painter. At the same time is a secondary, but inexplicably linked, story about a girl from an island going to school in Galway and how her family copes with a traumatic accident. Whilst an unusual premise for a book, because of the skill of the author, i didn't feel like i had to ...  Read the complete review

Four Letters of Love A Novel By Niall Williams ************************************************************** “A breathtaking affirmation of magic, miracles and the power of human love. Read it” The Times I bought this book in 1998, when I lived in a little place called Ormskirk, in Lancashire. I have to admit that I had never heard of Niall Williams, and I was only in the bookshop because I had that overwhelming desire to just read Something – ANYTHING!!!! (Do you ever get that?) Not only that, but I have to admit to the greater sin of only buying the book because the cover looked nice. I do ...  Read the complete review