Spirited Men

In this remarkable collection of essays, acclaimed writer Brian Doyle offers &quote;resurrections, restorations, reconsiderations, appreciations, enthusiasms, headlong solos, laughing prayers, imaginary meetings with most unusual and most interesting men.&quote; Geographically and chronologically diverse-Plutarch of Greece; William Blake of England; Robert Louis Stevenson of Scotland; James Joyce and Van Morrison of Ireland; and others-Doyle sees them as men of &quote;immense spiritual substance, prayerful fury, enormous grace,&quote; men concerned with &quote;the moral grapple&quote; and &quote;the sinuous crucial puzzle of love.&quote; In telling the stories of these talented, troubled, and extraordinary men, Doyle discerns clues about how to be a good man, headlong in the pursuit of love and capable of greatness.