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A tour de force of language and character. Frederick Buechner synthesized a 6th century Irish/English and took with it the legends surrounding Brendan the Navigator, the 6th-century Irish monk who travelled to North America with a small crew of monks, by means of a modified curraugh.

The book is partly about this voyage, but mostly about the inner voyage of a human struggling with life, faith, and longing for what he cannot have in this life.

Tim Severin , , a modern day explorer, has actually sailed Brendan's route, as reconstructed through the ancient Irish writings, and made Brendan's legendary ocean crossing not only plausible, but highly probable.