Eden's Shore
'Visceral, propulsive, kinetic' Colin Walsh, author of Kala
'Wild, dark and free-wheeling ' Ferdia Lennon, author of Glorious Exploits
At the close of the eighteenth century, Angel Kelly, an Irishman, sets sail from Liverpool aboard the Atlas with the intention of creating a Utopian commune in Brazil. But when a mutiny takes place on the ship, he finds himself stranded upon the coast of an unnamed Spanish colony in Latin America. In the aftermath, Kelly becomes unwittingly caught up in a series of crises culminating in displacement, rebellion and a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between empires.
Set in an era of global upheaval, Eden's Shore is an epic and intricate tale of greed, revenge and love. Populated by a vivid and rich cast of revolutionaries and pirates, capitalists and aristocrats, sailors and soldiers, slaves and spies, this is a work of staggering ambition and wondrous imagination.
'The best new young writer in Ireland' Colin Barrett, author of Wild Houses
'A striking new talent' The Times
'Oisín Fagan is a true original' Irish Examiner