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Joseph O'Connor was born in Dublin. His books include eight previous novels- Cowboys and Indians (Whitbread Prize shortlist), Desperadoes, The Salesman, Inishowen, Star of the Sea (American Library Association Award, Irish Post Award for Fiction, France's Prix Millepages, Italy's Premio Acerbi, Prix Madeleine Zepter for European novel of the year), Redemption Falls, Ghost Light (Dublin One City One Book Novel 2011) and The Thrill of it All. His fiction has been translated into forty languages. He received the 2012 Irish PEN Award for outstanding achievement in literature and in 2014 he was appointed Frank McCourt Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Limerick. www.josephoconnorauthor.com
A page-turner of a masterpiece. Don't miss it * Daily Mail * Stunningly accomplished * Guardian * A triumph...A spectacular breakthrough...it raises the bar for contemporary Irish fiction * Sunday Times * A terrific story... A stealthily gripping narrative * Daily Telegraph * This is Joseph O'Connor's best book. It is shocking, hilarious, beautifully written, and very, very clever -- Roddy Doyle His most substantial and impressive novel to date. Sad and funny, Star of the Sea tacks and veers in surprising directions, but follows a subtly plotted course to its final satisfying landfall * Irish Times * A masterful storyteller... A thrilling tale...O'Connor writes with nothing less than incandescent passion... Unfailingly gripping * The Times * A modern masterpiece... The language is absolutely gorgeous -- Bob Geldof There is so much that is memorable in the Star of the Sea... Grounded upon well researched, vivid, unprejudiced empathy * Sunday Telegraph * Sensitive, thoughtful and rich with the spoils of its author's plunder of the past * Irish Independent *
