Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018, the powerful fourth novel from multi-award-winning author of The Spinning Heart.
Farouk’s country has been torn apart by war.
Lampy’s heart has been laid waste by Chloe.
John’s past torments him as he nears his end.
The refugee. The dreamer. The penitent. From war-torn Syria to small-town Ireland, three men, scarred by all they have loved and lost, are searching for some version of home. Each is drawn towards a powerful reckoning, one that will bring them together in the most unexpected of ways.
"I struggle to think of a writer who has been so prolific and consistent in quality as Ryan...Brutally honest, moving and often hilarious"
Guardian
"A thing of such beauty and compassion, a reminder of what the very finest sentences can do to shatter and then reassemble our hearts"
Kamila Shamsie
"An engrossing, unpredictable, beautifully crafted novel; Donal Ryan is giving us characters - their angles and their language - that we haven’t seen in Irish literature before."
Roddy Doyle
"Beautiful and affecting"
David Nicholls
"Donal Ryan has not only bounded over a wall into new territory, but built himself a castle there...This is a superb novel."
John Boyne
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