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Star of the Sea

3.93 ( 12,070 Ratings by Goodreads)
Star of the Sea

Star of the Sea

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3.93 (12,070 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 1 January, 2004
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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, 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. The twenty-six day journey will see many lives end, others begin afresh. In a spellbinding story of tragedy and mercy, love and healing, the further the ship sails towards the Promised Land, the more her passengers seem moored to a past which will never let them go.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780099469629
ISBN10 0099469626
Number Of Pages 432
Item Weight 358 g
Product Dimensions 128 x 28 x 196 mm
Publisher / Reseller Vintage
Format paperback
Edition New edition
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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

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Author's Bio

Joseph O'Connor was born in Dublin. His books include seven 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 and Ghost Light (Dublin One City One Book Novel 2011). 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

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