Blogs in February 2023

Old God’s Time 17th February 2023

‘Full of love and heartache, this is an unforgettable novel from one of our finest writers.’ DOUGLAS STUART ‘Shocking, stunning and extraordinarily brave. Barry has once again written a character for the ages.’ LIZ NUGENT Recently retired policeman Tom...

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The Secret Scripture 27th March 2022

Winner of the 2008 Costa Book of the Year Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2008 Winner of the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year 2008 Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008 A Sunday Times...

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A Thousand Moons 8th January 2020

Even when you come out of bloodshed and disaster in the end you have got to learn to live. Winona is a young Lakota orphan adopted by former soldiers Thomas McNulty and John Cole. Living with Thomas and John...

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Days Without End 3rd August 2017

Thomas McNulty, aged barely seventeen and having fled the Great Famine in Ireland, signs up for the U.S. Army in the 1850s. With his brother in arms, John Cole, Thomas goes on to fight in the Indian Wars—against the...

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The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty 1st January 1970

Following the end of the First World War, Eneas McNulty joins the British-led Royal Irish Constabulary. With all those around him becoming soldiers of a different kind, however, it proves to be the defining decision of his life when,...

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