The Emigrant's Farewell **signed first edition**

Browne, Liam

The Emigrant's Farewell.

London, Bloomsbury, 2006.

Fine as issued in Fine dustjacket.  Signed by author:  "Very best wishes, Liam Browne".

First novel set in contemporary Ireland. 

Following a family tragedy, Joe O'Kane is invited to research the life of the 19th century Derry shipbuilder, Sir William Coppin and his connection with the fate of the Arctic explorer, Sir John Franklin.  Joe finds strange echoes in the tragedy of his own experience.