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From a Low and Quiet Sea

(2018)
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Awards
2018 Booker Prize (longlist)
2018 Costa Book Award for Best Novel (nominee)

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018
Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2018

'An
engrossing, unpredictable, beautifully crafted novel' RODDY DOYLE

Farouk's country has been torn apart by war.

Lampy's heart has been laid waste by Chloe.

John's past torments him as he nears his end.

The refugee. The dreamer. The penitent. From war-torn Syria to small-town Ireland, three men, scarred by all they have loved and lost, are searching for some version of home. Each is drawn towards a powerful reckoning, one that will bring them together in the most unexpected of ways.

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'A thing of such beauty and compassion, a reminder of what the very finest sentences can do to shatter and then reassemble our hearts'
KAMILA SHAMSIE

'I struggle to think of a writer who has been so prolific and consistent in quality as Ryan ... Brutally honest, moving and often hilarious'
GUARDIAN

'Donal Ryan has not only bounded over a wall into new territory, but built himself a castle there . . . This is a superb novel.'
JOHN BOYNE

'Beautiful and affecting'
DAVID NICHOLLS

'Donal Ryan writes characters so well that as a reader you think 'I've met that man', or 'I know that woman.' But as a writer you simply wonder 'how does he do it?'
From a Low and Quiet Sea is brutal and beautiful, carefully crafted portraits, deep and real, tied together, fashioned by a true artist. I absolutely loved it.' KIT DE WAAL

Genre: Literary Fiction

Praise for this book

"An engrossing, unpredictable, beautifully crafted novel." - Roddy Doyle


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