A review by stevenk
The World of Tomorrow by Brendan Mathews

3.0

I enjoyed the Dempsey brothers, two on the run from the IRA and Irish authorities and one a musician living in NYC (minus the imaginary Yeats) and they made the story enjoyable. But there was a lot going on here, the late 30's jazz scene, the Worlds Fair, the IRA in America, the wealthy sisters and the weddings, the former IRA hitman being drawn back in, a Czech photographer trying to stay in America and away from the Nazi's and these tangent stories detract from the book and makes it too long. The writing was good and I liked parts of this book a lot but there were just too many characters and it was too long.