The long-awaited new work from the author of Foster– Small Things Like These [ About the Book ] It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to…
‘He wanted to know who she was, and why he was convinced he had some unremembered connection with her. It was as simple as that. But he knew it wasn’t. It wasn’t simple at all.’– April in Spain [ About the Book ] When Dublin pathologist Quirke glimpses a familiar face while on holiday with…
‘You know Reacher, Rebus and Grace. Now meet Roxane Weary…‘– Once You Go This Far [ About the Book ] After the death of her cop father, PI Roxane Weary did everything she could to lose herself in her work – but she’s getting tired of the hangovers, of fighting with her ex-girlfriend, and of…
‘The literary phenomenon of the decade.’ – Guardian– Normal People [ About the Book ] Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds. When they both earn places at Trinity College in Dublin, a connection that has grown between them lasts…
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.’