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|title=West: A Journey Through the Landscapes of Loss

|author=Jim Perrin

|reviewer=John Lloyd

|buy=Maybe

|borrow=Maybe

|pages=336

|publisher=Atlantic Books

|amazonus=<amazonus>1843546116</amazonus>

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Where would you go if the love of your life, and your son, both died within a short few months of each other? Jim Perrin headed West - to the scraggly patches of land off Ireland, closer to the setting sun, nearer to the further horizon, beyond the noise, information and opinion of humanity. Of course, that question could also be answered in a more metaphoric way. Jim went inward, before coming outward. He suffered - ''involuntarily, the tears have come. Who would have thought that death would release so many..'' He also, although he would probably hate me for saying it, went on a "psycho-geographical ramble" - both in life, and in making this book.

For a slightly similar travelogue, we recommend [[The Last Supper: A Summer in Italy by Rachel Cusk]]. For those interested in Wales, different corners of it are reached in [[Struggle or Starve by Carole White and Sian Williams]].

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