Published: 1 August 2011
ISBN: 9781446435786
Imprint: Vintage Digital
Format: EBook
Pages: 448

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Historical adventure

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Star of the Sea

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Joseph O'Connor

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In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by injustice and natural disaster, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York.

On board are hundreds of fleeing refugees. Among them are a maidservant with a devastating secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith and his family, an aspiring novelist and a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home. Each is connected more deeply than they can possibly know.

But a camouflaged killer is stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution.

'A triumph...A spectacular breakthrough' Sunday Times

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Published: 1 August 2011
ISBN: 9781446435786
Imprint: Vintage Digital
Format: EBook
Pages: 448

Categories:

Historical adventure

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About the author

Joseph O'Connor

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.

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Praise for Star of the Sea

A brilliant read
Dermot O'Leary, Waitrose Weekend

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

A page-turner of a masterpiece. Don't miss it
Daily Mail

A terrific story... A stealthily gripping narrative
Daily Telegraph

A triumph...A spectacular breakthrough...it raises the bar for contemporary Irish fiction
Sunday Times

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