A sweeping historical epic about one Irish family's fight for survival - the most ambitious novel yet from the Costa-shortlisted writer, for fans of Colm Toibin and Sebastian Barry
Billy O'Callaghan is the author of the critically acclaimed novel My Coney Island Baby, which has been translated into nine languages and was shortlisted for the Encore Award 2020. Stories in his short-story collection The Boatman and Other Stories were shortlisted for the Costa Short Story Award and for Writie.ie Short Story of the Year in the An Post Irish Book Awards. He lives in Douglas, a village on the edge of Cork City.
Billy O'Callaghan's writing is so good and true it feels almost
magical; Life Sentences is a beautiful book, a small epic, a
joy.
*Sadie Jones*
O'Callaghan is amongst the finest storytellers and wordsmiths in
Ireland today.
*Anne Griffin*
A beautiful novel.
*Sunday Times Culture*
The strength of Life Sentences lies in its long range but intimate
style . . . A reader could profitably finish the book and go
straight back to its beginning
*Spectator*
People who read Sebastian Barry, Donal Ryan, Liam O'Flaherty will
really love [Life Sentences] . . . It's my book of the year so
far.
*RTÉ Radio One*
A lovely, piercing book.
*Sebastian Barry*
Momentous and epic storytelling.
*Bernard MacLaverty*
A superb and moving novel . . . O'Callaghan is one of our finest
writers, in the tradition of John McGahern and Brian Friel, and
this is his best work yet.
*Sunday Independent *Books of the Year**
Life Sentences brilliantly immerses us in its respective time
periods, and . . . O'Callaghan's natural gifts as a writer . . .
the author often coming out with a stunning turn of phrase.
*Sunday Times*
Lyrical, poignant, gripping . . . O'Callaghan weaves together a
narrative that is compelling and dazzlingly rendered.
*Tablet, *Novel of the Week**
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