Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
Synopsis
Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian Castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door.
Occasionally, fond memories of the past return, of his family, his beloved wife June andtheir two children. But when two former colleagues turn up at his door with questions about a decades-old case, one which Tom never quite came to terms with, he findshimself pulled into the darkest currents of his past.
A beautiful, haunting novel, in which nothing is quite what it seems, Old God's Time is about what we live through, what we live with, and what maysurvive of us.
Reviews
'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
About the Author
Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. He is the author of eight previous novels, as well as numerous plays. He is the first novelist to twice win the Costa Book of the Year award, for Days Without End and The Secret Scripture, has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for A Long Long Way and The Secret Scripture, and has twice been longlisted for the Booker Prize, for Days Without End and On Canaan's Side. He was the Laureate for Irish Fiction from 2018-2021, and lives in County Wicklow, Ireland.