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The legendary Edna O”Brien”s tale of a mysterious stranger spellbinding an Irish village ”reminds you why you read books in the first place” (Observer).
”The great Edna O”Brien has written her masterpiece.” Philip Roth
”Extraordinary . . . Courageous.” J.M. Coetzee
”Fierce and beautiful.” Anne Enright
”Exemplary.” Colm Tóibín
ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES” TOP 100 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
When a man who calls himself a faith healer arrives in a small, west-coast Irish village, the community is soon under the spell of this charismatic stranger from the Balkans. One woman in particular, Fidelma McBride, becomes enthralled in a fatal attraction that leads to unimaginable consequences.
”Magnificent” (Sunday Times)
”Beautiful” (Financial Times)
”Enthralling” (Times)
”Extraordinary” (Independent)
”Astonishing” (New Yorker)





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