‘From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Days Without End and The Secret Scripture, and one of our most soulful living writers, Old God’s Time is an extraordinary novel about memory, love, mystery and reckoning.’ [ About Old God’s Time ] Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a…
Having read and thoroughly enjoyed Sebastian Barry’s work in the past, I purchased the beautiful 2014 edition (Faber & Faber) of The Temporary Gentleman. Another heartrending and emotional read from Sebastian Barry, with a very dark tale at it’s core. [ About the Book ] Jack McNulty is a ‘temporary gentleman’, an Irishman whose commission…
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry ~ The Costa Book Award Winner for 2016
‘Written in such a delicate manner and with such a beautiful turn of phrase, this love story is a unique one to be part of. A brief glimpse into a world where the horrors of society lie side by side with love.’