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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 Toibin

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)