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Robert E. Kearns is the author of multiple novels, novellas and short stories, many of which have received critical acclaim.
Titles include, Carnivore, Crabb, Ossuary, Embers, A Donnybrook affair, and many more,
Robert lives and writes in Dublin
Reviewed by Bernadette Longu for Readers' Favorite
In The Walker by Robert E. Kearns, Mr. McCabe has retired at the age of 61. He had given his life to one company where he had worked all his life. He is a shy person who has never married, so he is all alone. He has set up a routine for himself when he gets up at a certain time and starts his day with breakfast, which changes with the seasons. Then, he catches the bus into Dublin to explore his native city and all the historical and educational sites, as well as the parks and gardens. His thoughts, which he expresses in his wonderings, are fascinating and insightful. He appreciates the museum's architecture and the historical artifacts it houses. McCabe enjoys learning about the past, even if he doesn't remember everything, but each time he visits, he retains more. The museum is a refuge for him, allowing him to engage with history and culture. Mr. McCabe, in his wanderings, knows all the best places to eat where a person can get value for money.
In The Walker, Robert E. Kearns makes the reader aware of how procrastination and complicity can cause a person to realize that one has been so busy trying to survive that they have let life pass them by. The author has the reader pondering these insights and wondering about their own lives and how they can be more active and outgoing once they have been put out to pasture before their time. Any friends made in the working environment soon disappear and leave the person all alone, wondering what has happened to their lives. Companies forget that the people they employ are individuals and real people, and have quite a bit to contribute intellectually, even if they are getting older. The descriptions of Mr. McCabe's walks and travels through Dublin and the surrounding area are stunning and thought-provoking, and made me realize how little we take in of our surroundings when traveling. The ending is one that the reader is not expecting, but it is very profound and will make the reader think about their own life. This is a thought-provoking book that made me stop and think.
