Old God's Time -- Sebastian Barry

<b><b><b>LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE <p/>Named a Best Book of 2023 by the <i>New Yorker</i>, <i>Washington Post</i>, NPR, and <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> <p/>"You should be reading Sebastian Barry. [He] has a special understanding of the human heart." <b>--<i>T</i></b><i>he Atlantic</i></b> <p/>"A prose stylist of near-miraculous skill. . . Barry reaches deep into the messenger bag of mystery fiction and turns the whole business inside out . . . marvelous." <b>--<i>The Washington Post</i></b> <p/>"An unforgettable novel from one of our finest writers." --Douglas Stuart, author of <i>Shuggie Bain</i></b> <p/>From the five-time Booker Prize nominee and 2018-2021 Laureate for Irish Fiction, a virtuosic, profound novel exploring love, memory, grief, and long-buried secrets</b> <p/>Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door. Occasionally, fond memories return of his family: his beloved wife June and their two children, Winnie and Joe. But when two former colleagues turn up at his door with questions about a decades-old case, one which Tom never quite came to terms with, he finds himself pulled into the darkest currents of his past. <p/>A beautiful, haunting novel in which nothing is quite as it seems, <i>Old God's Time</i> is about what we