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There are roasted peanuts at Tottenham, an octogenarian John Terry at cricket, the man forever in red trousers at horse racing and bandwagon jumping with Munster rugby. There's music and the lullabies of Christy Moore as Liam's Dad slipped away. Liam explores his English accented Irish identity, through mountains, a magical encounter with a blood-stained farmer and Waterford's desperate hurling odyssey.   It's about scattering ashes on the bleakest day imaginable and finding meaning in vapour trails. There's a mumbling World War One graveside appearance on French prime time TV. There's a ginger cat and wearing novelty hats on the front page of the Swindon Advertiser. Yearning in the dreich of Edinburgh and leaving stickers in Sharjah. While other precious people die through the story, Liam finds renewed energy through community and connections, running and robins.    It's a desolate, yet hopeful journey through grief and the forlorn search for answers about Patrick's death, seeking reassurance that the rest of us won't drop dead, without warning.   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