Synopsis
As read on BBC Radio 4
A Sunday Times Best Book of the Year
An Observer Best Debut of the Year
‘Compassionate, lyrical and full of devilment’ - Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses
‘A joy . . . Vivid, loving and genuinely funny’ The Sunday Times
‘I didn’t want it to ever end’ Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
The Boy from the...
Details
29 January 2026240 pages
9781035044573Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Compulsive reading . . . Compassionate, lyrical and full of devilmentLouise Kennedy, author of Trespasses
A novel of heart-bumping power and sparkling vividness, this book evokes the seethe and surge of an island nation's sea fables while being suspicious of sentiment, often wittily so. This is a strange, beautiful, truly compelling triumph . . . a breathtaking achievementJoseph O'Connor, author of Star of the Sea and My Father's House
I didn't want it to ever endJennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
A ruefully funny portrait of a dysfunctional family in a struggling town, The Boy from the Sea rings painfully true. I was grippedEmma Donoghue, bestselling author of Room
