
Synopsis
**Soon to be a major film starring Brad Pitt**
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize
'An intricate, magnificently readable novel' - Sunday Telegraph
'Makes the senses jump. Concentrated, passionate, invigorating' - Independent
Fred Scully is determined to carve a new life for himself and his young family in Ireland. For months he has laboured alone to make their dilapidated cottage habitable, and now his wife...
Details
368 pages
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A brilliant reflection on the instability of personality and memory, written in page-turning styleDaily Telegraph
An intricate, magnificently readable novelSunday Telegraph
Makes the senses jump. Concentrated, passionate, invigoratingIndependent