Solomon's Dream

The novel is a love story inspired by a curious feature of the life of King Solomon, that though granted the power to understand man he is later condemned for worshipping the god of his wives. The story is set in the West Country and concerns an Irish writer, Richard Butler, escaping London and a failed relationship, who becomes involved with what seems at first a literary coterie but which turns out to be a magic circle intent upon the salvation of a culture. Knowing that magic requires a sacri...