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Rural West Cork, Ireland, mid-1970's. Two Kids and their struggling, poet father are battling grief and poverty. A glimmer of hope in far away Dublin leads to a road trip of contradictions - dreams and nightmares, promises and disappointments, generosity and meanness, unconditional love and shocking neglect....

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Funny and touching, The Book of the Gaels is a good story, beautifully told -- Susan Flockhart * Herald *
Powerful... There are echoes of Douglas Stewart's Shuggie Bain... This slim, punchy book is extraordinarily powerful * Times (Historical Fiction Book of the Month) *
James Yorkston's new novel is a dark and desperate odyssey * Scotsman *
There's no denying that this is a novel in a minor key, and yet its rhythms and cadences are constantly evolving, drawing the reader closer. Listen out for it and you'll even hear a note that might be described as poetic * Observer *
Funny, affectionate... The acclaimed folk singer's jewel of a novel follows a penniless poet dragging his young sons across Ireland * Telegraph *

The Book of the Gaels

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      Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/09/2022
      ISBN13: 9780857305183, 978-0857305183
      ISBN10: 0857305182
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Rural West Cork, Ireland, mid-1970's. Two Kids and their struggling, poet father are battling grief and poverty. A glimmer of hope in far away Dublin leads to a road trip of contradictions - dreams and nightmares, promises and disappointments, generosity and meanness, unconditional love and shocking neglect....

      Trade Review
      Funny and touching, The Book of the Gaels is a good story, beautifully told -- Susan Flockhart * Herald *
      Powerful... There are echoes of Douglas Stewart's Shuggie Bain... This slim, punchy book is extraordinarily powerful * Times (Historical Fiction Book of the Month) *
      James Yorkston's new novel is a dark and desperate odyssey * Scotsman *
      There's no denying that this is a novel in a minor key, and yet its rhythms and cadences are constantly evolving, drawing the reader closer. Listen out for it and you'll even hear a note that might be described as poetic * Observer *
      Funny, affectionate... The acclaimed folk singer's jewel of a novel follows a penniless poet dragging his young sons across Ireland * Telegraph *

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