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Bloomsbury presents Spies in Canaan by David Park read by William Hope
A bold and unsettling parable about guilt atonement and redemption from the winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award
It is seldom that one can say a book is perfect but this is as close as Ive seen in a very long time SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
A bold and unsettling parable about guilt atonement and redemption IRISH TIMES
Michael has travelled a long way from his boyhood under the endless skies of the Midwest His retirement is peaceful if solitary But one day there is a visitation a mysterious car on the seafront and a package delivered From its contents Michael understands that he has been commissioned to undertake a final journey
As Michael makes his way deep into a distant desert a strange and liminal landscape that lies between hell and redemption he undertakes another journey into longsuppressed memories of Vietnam and the dying days of war and to face a final accounting for what was done
Taut atmospheric and moving Spies in Canaan is a powerful elegy to the pain of love the guilt of old age and the grace of atonement
Another compact marvel This is a meditative novel that while investing heavily in a patient buildup of atmosphere never forgets the need to put a foot on the gas DAILY MAIL
David Parks novels are always elegantly written INDEPENDENT
Unflinching courageous wise alert to the thrill and sorrow of violence Adds to David Parks status as a superb novelist FRANK MCGUINNESS
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