This was a very beautiful and very sad novel. The narration by Stephen Hogan was amazing – such a lovely Irish accent, and the pathos and feeling that he put into what he was reading – it felt like listening to a great actor soliloquizing on stage (or indeed to a broken man bearing his soul with total honesty and vulnerability).
It follows a retired policeman living in a small seaside town in Ireland who has to revisit his heart wrenchingly sad past when he receives an unexpected visit from his former colleagues.
As we piece together his back story, the full horror of his existence is revealed.
Listening to somebody’s sad life story may sound like a dour experience, but I was gripped and entranced by the book, and ultimately hugely satisfied with how everything fitted together and I thought the ending was just perfect.
Sarah Wray Writer 