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The legendary Edna O’Brien’s tale of a mysterious stranger spellbinding an Irish village ‘reminds you why you read books in the first place’ (Observer).
‘The great Edna O’Brien has written her masterpiece.’ Philip Roth
‘Extraordinary . . . Courageous.’ J.M. Coetzee
‘Fierce and beautiful.’ Anne Enright
‘Exemplary.’ Colm Tóibín
ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES’ TOP 100 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
When a man who calls himself a faith healer arrives in a small, west-coast Irish village, the community is soon under the spell of this charismatic stranger from the Balkans. One woman in particular, Fidelma McBride, becomes enthralled in a fatal attraction that leads to unimaginable consequences.
‘Magnificent’ (Sunday Times)
‘Beautiful’ (Financial Times)
‘Enthralling’ (Times)
‘Extraordinary’ (Independent)
‘Astonishing‘ (New Yorker)
Edna O’Brien wrote more than twenty celebrated works of fiction, including her classic The Country Girls Trilogy, as well as plays and four works of non-fiction, which have been translated internationally into over 30 territories. Her final novel was the acclaimed Girl, which was awarded the Kerry Group Prize for Fiction in 2020. She was the recipient of many awards,…
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