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IN HIS successful 2012 novel, The Testament of Mary, Colm Tóibín imagined the mother of Jesus struggling to accept her son’s divinity. The Enniscorthy author’s latest book centres on another maternal archetype, Clytemnestra, who narrates the first section of the classic story of murder and long-delayed family revenge. Her opening line sets the chilling tone:... Read more »