Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and claim it for God. Taking two monks – young Trian and old Cormac – he travels down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a monastery. The highly anticipated novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Pull of the Stars and Room 'This is Donoghue at her strange, unsettling best.' - Maggie O'Farrell, author of Hamnet 'Combines pressure-cooker intensity and radical isolation, to stunning effect.' – Margaret Atwood via Twitter In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more.

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