It is 1959 in Wicklow, Ireland, and Annie and her cousin Sarah are living and working together to keep Sarah's small farm running. Suddenly, Annie's young niece and nephew are left in their care.Unprepared for the chaos that the two children inevitably bring, but nervously excited nonetheless, Annie[...]

An epic story of family, love, and unavoidable tragedy from the two-time Man Booker Prize finalist
Sebastian Barry 's novels have been hugely admired by readers and critics, and in 2005 his novel "A Long Long Way" was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In "The Secret Scripture," Barry revisi[...]

Annie Dunne and her cousin Sarah live and work on a small farm in a remote and beautiful part of Wicklow in the 1950s. All around them life is changing, and when Annie's nephew and his wife go to London in search of work, their two children are sent to spend the summer with their great aunt.[...]

'As they used to say in Ireland, the devil only comes into good things'. Narrated by Lilly Bere, "On Canaan's Side" opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The story then goes back to the moment she was forced to flee Dublin, at the end of the First World War, and follows her life throug[...]

Jack McNulty is a 'temporary gentleman', an Irishman whose commission in the British army in the Second World War was never permanent. In 1957, sitting in his lodgings in Accra, he urgently sets out to write his story. He feels he cannot take one step further, or even hardly a breath, without lookin[...]

A stunning new novel from the two-time Man Booker shortlisted author of "The Secret Scripture"
In this highly anticipated new novel, Irishman Jack McNulty is a "temporary gentleman"--an Irishman whose commission in the British army in World War II was never permanent. Sitting in his lodgings in[...]

En fantastisk fortelling om en kvinne med et stort hjerte. Historien om Lilly Bere strekker seg over syv tiår - fra depresjonen via andre verdenskrig og Vietnamkrigen, frem til slutten av 1900-tallet. Vi får høre om Lillys flukt fra Irland og IRA til USA, om det brutale drapet på forloveden, om [...]

Den hemliga skriften är en klassisk släktsaga med rötter i det irländska inbördeskriget. Boken slog läsarna med häpnad, klättrade högt upp på försäljningslistorna och blev en av de mest sålda böckerna i Storbritannien 2009.

Den hemliga skriften handlar om Roseanne som i unga år[...]