From a Low and Quiet Sea
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***LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018***
***SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2018***
'Beautiful and affecting' David Nicholls
'An engrossing, unpredictable, beautifully crafted novel' RODDY DOYLE
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…
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Very few writers capture the longings of young men trapped in small towns, struggling to escape to new and better worlds than does Donal Ryan.
I grew up in an Irish-German neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where few people ever left. I knew those kinds of men.
This book has many of the same elements of Ryan’s past work, yet it brings with it a profound take on Ireland itself. The novel is divided into several sections, each focusing on seemingly unrelated narratives, until the final section when the stories of the men in the novel heartbreakingly come together.
Throughout, Ryan…
From David's list on the essence of the Irishman’s melancholic emotions.
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