The River Capture

A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE IRISH TIMES and IRISH INDEPENDENT<BR><BR>Shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards<BR>Shortlisted for Novel of the Year, Dalkey Literary Awards<BR>Shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award<BR><BR>Luke O'Brien has left Dublin to live a quiet life on his family land on the bend of the River Sullane. Alone in his big house, he longs for a return to his family's heyday and turns to books for solace.<BR><BR>One morning a young woman arrives at his door and enters his life with profound consequences. Her presence presents him and his family with an almost impossible dilemma.<BR><BR>In a novel that pays glorious homage to Joyce, The River Capture tells of one man's descent into near madness, and the possibility of rescue. This is a novel about love, loyalty and the raging forces of nature. More than anything, it is a book about the life of the mind and the redemptive powers of art.

One of the most surprising and original novels of 2019 . . . Exceptional . . . This is a sensory book that draws on the body to feed the mind The Times