Belinda McKeon

A wonderful novel. I was deeply moved. Outstanding - John Boyne Mark Casey did not expect to fall in love. But from the minute he saw Joanne Lynch across the garden of a Dublin pub, it seemed that nothing else was possible. But Mark is also drawn back - guiltily - to his family and the land they have farmed...

Gripping, completely compelling . . . a sublime talent - Donal Ryan Captures what it is like to be young in Dublin with grace, subtlety and sympathy - Colm Tóibín Catherine and James are as close as two friends could ever be. Witty, talented, and charming, James is unlike anyone Catherine has encountered before, and she finds herself hungry to...

Tender charts the marshy territory of friendship, obsession, and love, and offers no easy path. . . richly nuanced and utterly absorbing. Guardian "Are you asleep?" James said, nudging her with his leg. "No," Catherine said, the word all in a drowse. "Don't go to sleep," he said, and she heard him turn a page. Catherine and James are as...