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Set in a small Irish town and following a coal and timber merchant confronted by the past, this magnetic tale of determination and quiet heroism from the author of Foster is as hopeful as it is haunting.
Longlisted for The Booker Prize 2022
Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2022
Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2022
The new novel from the internationally bestselling author of Foster, Antarctica and Walk the Blue Fields.
It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church.
The long-awaited new work from the author of Foster, Small Things Like These is an unforgettable story of hope, quiet heroism and tenderness.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571368686
Number of pages: 128
Weight: 238 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 9 mm
Edition: Main
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'A haunting, hopeful masterpiece.' - Sinead Gleeson
'A moral tale that is unsentimental and deeply affecting, because true and right.' - David Hayden
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