Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1 Writing After the Event 1
5. 2 This National Disaster 19
6. 3 An Irish Journey 34
7. 4 The Most Difficult People in the World 50
8. 5 Wild Hunger 70
9. 6 In the Theater of Death 94
10. 7 Haunted 112
11. 8 Hungry Ghosts and Hungry Women 129
12. 9 The Coming Event (Before and After) 151
13. Notes 165
14. Bibliography 199
15. Index 219