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Category : FictionLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

Named a Best Book of 2023 by the --

"A prose stylist of near-miraculous skill. . . Barry reaches deep into the messenger bag of mystery fiction and turns the whole business inside out . . . marvelous." --

"An unforgettable novel from one of our finest writers." --Douglas Stuart, author of

From the five-time Booker Prize nominee and 2018-2021 Laureate for Irish Fiction, a virtuosic, profound novel exploring love, memory, grief, and long-buried secrets

Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door. Occasionally, fond memories return of his family: his beloved wife June and their two children, Winnie and Joe. But when two former colleagues turn up at his door with questions about a decades-old case, one which Tom never quite came to terms with, he finds himself pulled into the darkest currents of his past.

A beautiful, haunting novel in which nothing is quite as it seems,
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-593-29612-7
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
PublisherPENGUIN US
Publishing date01/07/2024
Pages272 pages
LanguageEnglish
Weight181 g
Article no.33456183
CatalogsOLF
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