
What does Crawford mean when he says to Quirke that America is “the New World,” that, “This is the place. What does Quirke’s loneliness do for him? How does it make possible what he ultimately accomplishes in the story? Is Quirke’s isolation part of what allows him to see the truth about the conspiracy around him?


“In secret,” the author writes, “Quirke prized his loneliness as a mark of some distinction.” (pg.
