About the Author

Ciaran McMenamin was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in 1975. A graduate of the RSAMD, he has worked extensively for the past twenty years as an actor in film, television and theatre. His acclaimed first novel, Skintown, was a WHSmith Fresh Talent pick.

Reviews

A powerful reflection on complex Irish loyalties, divisions and identities, a romantic drama, and a page-turning thriller.
*Irish Times*

Ambitious and powerful...superbly drawn...McMenamin's ambitious novel scores big
*Sunday Times*

[A] violent and tender story where memorable characters battle love, loyalty and the terrible truths of war
*Daily Mail*

There is a smooth grace to his prose...The tension between the compulsions of history and circumstance, and personal moral choice, are played out compellingly
*Irish Independent*

Ciarán McMenamin confirms his exceptional talent with this admirably powerful and authentic novel about the First World War and the struggle for Irish independence. Tremendous.
*William Boyd*

This gripping novel shifts between [the] race to the south and a slow reveal of what happened between the three men on the Western Front...McMenamin never puts a foot wrong, expertly interweaving the historical and the imagined, right up to his masterly denouement
*Hot Press*