Outside the House of Baal Ivan Strpka Will the voices of the

Will the voices of the dead rise to meet the living

recognises

it follows the story of Jack

2008) and Landing Places (Dedalus Press

Lennart Sjögren

Outside the House of Baal Ivan Strpka Will the voices of theSpanning the twentieth century, Outside the House of Baal is the story of the conflict between public duty and personal love. In the course of a day J. T. Miles looks back over his life, a "Good Man" confronted by the choices of living. He is forced to contemplate the modern world (of which he feels no part) and his betrayal of his Welsh speaking heritage; the unsuitability of his marriage and his relationship with the woman who now shares his house;