Days Without End, (Paperback)

from bodachliath

This is the first book I have read that is new enough to qualify for this year's Booker prize, and it sets the bar pretty high. This is a wild picaresque fantasy set in nineteenth century America, and is very different to any of Barry's previous novels, all of which are much closer to modern Irel...

from mdoris

This is one of the most unique books I have read in a long time and I was hugely impressed. The language is glorious and the story and themes are HUGE. It is the story of 2 men, a couple who move around the U.S. over time as soldiers for the government (fighting the Sioux) and then fighting as Un...

from alanteder

Woe To Live On Brokeback Blood Meridian I thought of this as a mash-up of the 19th century language & setting of Woodrell's "Woe to Live on" (filmed as "Ride with the Devil" (1999) by dir. Ang Lee) with the unconventional romance of Proulx's "Brokeback Mountain" and the relentless war horror of M...

from Opinionated

I'd been struggling to find a way to describe this whale of a book, until I came across a review by Peter Parker that described it better than I could. Here then, is Parker's POV paraphrased Teenage Thomas McNulty sails from famine-blighted Sligo to America with nothing but a mouthful of poetry. ...

from ClareRhoden

I wish I could give this amazing book 6 or more stars. I'm not doing spoilers, so feel free to read on.Sebastian Barry writes brilliantly. Every sentence is perfectly crafted, and many of them so quotable. He has quite a succinct but sharp style. Every word counts, but it's not poetry, it's narra...