Rite of Spring Author:Andrew M. Greeley Greeley's latest novel is a wonderfully written, complex modern quest story. — It begins in Chicago with Walter Mittyish tax lawyer Brendan Ryan's "rite of spring" affair with the beautiful and elusive Irish lass, Ciara Kelly. As Ryan is a psychic with unusual gifts, when Ciara disappears he, and we, at first are not sure whether she ever existed... more » at all. The first half of the story is a romantic, lusty, mysterious, love story. The second half, a thriller that follows Ryan's search for Ciara in Ireland, features appealing settings and a cogent summary of the problems in Northern Ireland. A literate, exciting tale with depth.« less