Outside the House of Baal Ivan Strpka it becomes clear that friendship

it becomes clear that friendship is the lastthing on the hot-blooded young prince’s mind

it goes absolutely in the opposite direction

Lennart Sjögren

Heroes (1996) and At the Salt Hotel (2003)

2008) and Landing Places (Dedalus Press

Outside the House of Baal Ivan Strpka it becomes clear that friendshipSpanning the twentieth century, Outside the House of Baal is the story of the conflict between public duty and personal love. In the course of a day J. T. Miles looks back over his life, a "Good Man" confronted by the choices of living. He is forced to contemplate the modern world (of which he feels no part) and his betrayal of his Welsh speaking heritage; the unsuitability of his marriage and his relationship with the woman who now shares his house;