Star of the Sea: THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
Joseph O´connor
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 NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK SINCE 2000**
'A triumph...A spectacular breakthrough' Sunday Times
'Ireland's most brilliant storyteller' Independent on Sunday
JOSEPH O'CONNOR'S STUNNING NEW NOVEL, MY FATHER'S HOUSE, IS AVAILABLE NOW
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Reviews for Star of the Sea: THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
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 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
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 There is so much that is memorable in the Star of the Sea... Grounded upon well researched, vivid, unprejudiced empathy
Sunday Telegraph
Sensitive, thoughtful and rich with the spoils of its author's plunder of the past
Irish Independent