Songdogs
From the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:26th Feb '26
£9.99
This title is due to be published on 26th February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
From the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin
‘At once deep and dazzling’ Edna O’Brien
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With unreliable memories and scraps of photographs as his only clues, Conor Lyons follows in the tracks of his father, a rootless photographer, as he moved from war-torn Spain, to the barren plains of Mexico, where he met and married Conor’s mother, to the American West, and finally back to Ireland, where the marriage and the story reach their heartrending climax.
As the narratives of Conor’s quest and his parents’ lives twine and untwine, Colum McCann creates a mesmerizing evocation of the gulf between memory and imagination, love and loss, past and present.
‘Potent, astonishing, fuelled by a unique descriptive vision … One of the most lyrically accomplished conclusions to a novel I have ever read’ Independent
‘A vivid, beautifully measured book’ Sunday Times
‘McCann writes intense, gripping prose full of sharp and telling details … Songdogs is an exciting book’ Times Literary Supplement
Colum McCann conjures a hugely inventive debut * Observer *
McCann writes intense, gripping prose full of sharp and telling details. He can draw a complete psychological portrait from the most minor situations … Songdogs is an exciting book, because it vibrates with the energy of a new writer finding his voice * Times Literary Supplement *
A true work of art * Sunday Tribune *
Potent, sometimes astonishing, fuelled by a unique descriptive vision – the simplicity and power of the final two pages of Songdogs form one of the most technically and lyrically accomplished conclusions to a novel, debut or otherwise, I have ever read * Sunday Independent *
Songdogs is an event in Irish writing * Irish Independent *
An arresting new voice from out of Ireland, at once deep and dazzling -- Edna O’Brien
Powerful ... wistful and gracefully shadowed ... The author has a keen eye and ear; his language is full of sparkling poetry and images * New York Times Book Review *
Positively vibrates ... consistently engaging ... remarkably beautiful * Sunday Globe *
McCann has unusual control over his material ... McCann’s take on the New World is fresh and often amusing, but what we remember most is the poignancy * Los Angeles Times Book Review *
ISBN: 9781037204258
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
240 pages