Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. His plays include Boss Grady's Boys (1988), The Steward of Christendom (1995), Our Lady of Sligo (1998), The Pride of Parnell Street (2007), and Dallas Sweetman (2008). Among his novels are The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty (1998), Annie Dunne (2002) and A Long Long Way (2005), the latter shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His poetry includes The Water-Colourist (1982), Fanny Hawke Goes to the Mainland Forever (1989) and The Pinkening Boy (2005). His awards include the Irish-America Fund Literary Award, The Christopher Ewart-Biggs Prize, the London Critics Circle Award, The Kerry Group Irish Fiction Prize, and Costa Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year. He lives in Wicklow with his wife Ali, and three children, Merlin, Coral, and Tobias.
"It's a symphony of a novel, and you'll sing along and wander with
Eneas McNulty into the next century."—Frank McCourt, author of
Angela's Ashes
"Magnificent...No one who loves fiction will want to reach the end
of this bewitching, penetrating, unforgettable book."—San Francisco
Chronicle Book Review
"The story that emerges through Barry's lens is so cohesive, so
gracefully rendered, that his words have the stony allur eof the
Irish poetes and the lyrical pull of an epic storyteller...A
beautiful story."—The Boston Globe
"From the first sentences of the book we know we are in the hands
of a master storyteller with important things to say about history
and the individual's role in it. Eneas's gripping and tragic story
serves as a reminder of the fine line that exists between hero and
murderer, politician and criminal."—The Wall Street Journal
"Barry's language is honed to an impressive edge... There's not an
ill-wrought sentence here, and most of them glitter and spin off
the page with the kind of impact that begs for them to be read
aloud."—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Sebastian Barry uses the language with great imagination but never
overwrites. This book is a wonderful gift, in every sense."—The
Washington Post
"Barry endows Eneas with so much gentleness that we can't help
caring about him...Above all, it is the splendor of the writing
that rivets our attention. Barry is a spellbinder in the great
Irish tradition."—New York Newsday
"Barry brings beautiful and poetic language to bear on a painful
and unsettling part of Irish history...A surprising and emotional
novel; high recommended."—Library Journal
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