LONGLISTEDFORTHEBOOKERPRIZENamedaBestBookof2023bytheNewYorker,WashingtonPost,NPR,andKirkusReviews“YoushouldbereadingSebastianBarry.[He]hasaspecialunderstandingofthehumanheart.“--TheAtlantic“Aprosestylistofnear-miraculousskill...Barryreachesdeepintothemessengerbagofmysteryfictionandturnsthewholebusinessinsideout...marvelous.“--TheWashingtonPost“Anunforgettablenovelfromoneofourfinestwriters.“--DouglasStuart,authorofShuggieBainFromthefive-timeBookerPrizenomineeand2018-2021LaureateforIrishFiction,avirtuosic,profoundnovelexploringlove,memory,grief,andlong-buriedsecretsRecentlyretiredpolicemanTomKettleissettlingintothequietofhisnewhome,alean-toannexedtoaVictoriancastleoverlookingtheIrishSea.Formonthshehasbarelyseenasoul,catchingonlyglimpsesofhiseccentriclandlordandanervousyoungmotherwhohasmovedinnextdoor.Occasionally,fondmemoriesreturnofhisfamily:hisbelovedwifeJuneandtheirtwochildren,WinnieandJoe.Butwhentwoformercolleaguesturnupathisdoorwithquestionsaboutadecades-oldcase,onewhichTomneverquitecametotermswith,hefindshimselfpulledintothedarkestcurrentsofhispast.Abeautiful,hauntingnovelinwhichnothingisquiteasitseems,OldGod’sTimeisaboutwhatwelivethrough,whatwelivewith,andwhatmaysurviveofus.
