Shortlisted for Best Novel in the Irish Book Awards Longlisted for the 2020 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction From the acclaimed author of Man Booker-longlisted History of the Rain Lyrical, tender and sumptuously perceptive Sunday Times A love letter to the sleepy, unhurried and delightfully odd Ireland that is all but gone Irish Independent After dropping out of the seminary, seventeen-year-old Noel Crowe finds himself back in Faha, a small Irish parish where nothing ever changes, including the ever-falling rain. But one morning the rain stops and news reaches the parish the electricity is finally arriving. With it comes a lodger to Noel s home, Christy McMahon. Though he can t explain it, Noel knows right then: something has changed. As Noel navigates his coming-of-age by Christy s side, falling in and out of love, Christy s buried past gradually comes to light, casting a glow on a small world and making it new.
Product code: 9781526609359
| ISBN |
9781526609359 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD in mm) |
130x197x28 |
| No. Of Pages |
400 |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| On Sale Date |
09/07/2020 |