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Star of the Sea: THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
Joseph O´connor
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Description for Star of the Sea: THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
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* Over a million copies sold *
Rediscover Joseph O'Connor's monumental #1 international bestseller.
In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by injustice and natural disaster, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York.
On board are hundreds of fleeing refugees. Among them are a maidservant with a devastating secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith and his family, an aspiring novelist and a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home. Each is connected more deeply than they can possibly know.
But ... Read morea camouflaged killer is stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution.
'A triumph...A spectacular breakthrough' Sunday Times
'Ireland's most brilliant storyteller' Independent on Sunday
JOSEPH O'CONNOR'S STUNNING NEW NOVEL, MY FATHER'S HOUSE, IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW
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Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
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About Joseph O´connor
Joseph O'Connor was born in Dublin. His books include Cowboys and Indians, Inishowen, Star of the Sea (American Library Association Award, Irish Post Award for Fiction, France's Prix Millepages, Italy's Premio Acerbi, Prix Madeleine Zepter for European novel of the year), Redemption Falls, Ghost Light (Dublin One City One Book Novel 2011) and Shadowplay (Irish Book Awards Novel of the ... Read moreYear, Costa Novel of the Year shortlist). His fiction has been translated into forty languages. He received the 2012 Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Contribution to Literature and in 2014 he was appointed Frank McCourt Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Limerick. www.josephoconnorauthor.com Show Less
Reviews for Star of the Sea: THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
A page-turner of a masterpiece. Don't miss it
Daily Mail
Stunningly accomplished
Guardian
A triumph...A spectacular breakthrough...it raises the bar for contemporary Irish fiction
Sunday Times
A terrific story... A stealthily gripping narrative
Daily Telegraph
This is Joseph O'Connor's best book. It is shocking, hilarious, beautifully written, and very, very clever
... Read moreRoddy Doyle His most substantial and impressive novel to date. Sad and funny, Star of the Sea tacks and veers in surprising directions, but follows a subtly plotted course to its final satisfying landfall
Irish Times
A masterful storyteller... A thrilling tale...O'Connor writes with nothing less than incandescent passion... Unfailingly gripping
The Times
A modern masterpiece... The language is absolutely gorgeous
Bob Geldof There is so much that is memorable in the Star of the Sea... Grounded upon well researched, vivid, unprejudiced empathy
Sunday Telegraph
Sensitive, thoughtful and rich with the spoils of its author's plunder of the past
Irish Independent
This is a tremendous book: affecting, intelligent, ironic, humane and utterly convincing. It is also extremely funny
Spectator
A brilliant read
Dermot O'Leary
Waitrose Weekend
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