A01=Mary Costello
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Irish novel
James Joyce
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literary fiction
lyrical prose
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softlaunch
Product details
- ISBN 9781786898043
- Weight: 184g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2020
- Publisher: Canongate Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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'Exceptional' The Times
'Luminous . . . Unexpected' Guardian
Shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, the Dalkey Literary Awards and the Kerry Group Awards
Luke O'Brien has left Dublin to live a quiet life on the bend of the River Sullane. Alone in his big house, he longs for a return to his family's heyday and turns to books for solace. One morning a young woman arrives at his door, presenting Luke and his family with an almost impossible dilemma.
Mary Costello lives in Galway. Her short story collection, The China Factory (2012), was nominated for the Guardian First Book Award and shortlisted for an Irish Book Award. Her first novel, Academy Street (2014), won the Irish Novel of the Year Award at the Irish Book Awards and was named overall Irish Book of the Year. The River Capture, her second novel, was shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, the Dalkey Book Awards and the Kerry Group Awards.
