Though the Bodies Fall
by Noel O'Regan
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Pub Date 3 Aug 2023 | Archive Date 11 Sep 2023
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Description
From an exciting new voice in Irish fiction, a powerful novel set on an Irish clifftop - a story about duty, despair and the chance encounters upon which fate turns.
Micheál Burns lives alone in his family's bungalow at the end of Kerry Head in Ireland. It is a picturesque place, but the cliffs have a darker side to them: for generations they have been a suicide black spot. Micheál's mother saw the saving of these lost souls - these visitors - as her spiritual duty, and now, in the wreckage of his life, Micheál finds himself continuing her work. When his sisters tell him that they want to sell the land, he must choose between his siblings and the visitors, a future or a past.
Advance Praise
‘I opened it up one evening and was instantly captivated... I defy anyone not to be drawn in by a loyal sheepdog, a vagrant bird, a terrifying cliff and a dysfunctional family...! The atmosphere is haunting; the imagery so powerful that it gave me strange dreams. This novel is a little bit uncanny and a little bit archaic but also incredibly contemporary and prescient... I loved it’ Sara Baume
'Touching and insightful, O'Regan has penned a tender debut novel about one man's struggle to save the many broken souls, including his own, on Kerry Head' Anne Griffin
'Written with tenderness and a starkly beautiful sense of place, Though the Bodies Fall grapples fearlessly with the most profound questions: what is the worth of a human life? What does it cost to be endlessly in service to others? Where is the line between devotion and obsession? A dark dream of a novel that holds you in its grip till the very last line' Eimear Ryan
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781783789481 |
| PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
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