Noel O'Regan writes beautifully. Though the Bodies Fall is a beautiful book
Audrey Magee I opened it up one evening and was instantly captivated... The atmosphere is haunting; the imagery so powerful that it gave me strange dreams. This novel is a little bit uncanny and a little bit archaic but also incredibly contemporary and prescient
Sara Baume ... Read moreI was immediately drawn into O'Regan's delicately wrought debut by the tenderness he has for his characters, and by the quiet power that builds beneath the surface of his storytelling
Carys Davies O'Regan writes with compassion, humour and imaginative force, signalling the arrival of a major new voice in Irish writing
Claire Kilroy It is rare and wonderful to encounter a talent like O'Regan - his prose is poetic, sweeping yet also so intimate, speaking to the quietest parts of ourselves and exploring how we experience our humanity when no one is looking. I cannot shake this novel; it is haunting and beautiful
Victoria Kennefick An absorbing and tender novel written in nuanced, luminous prose. A stunning debut from a talented new voice in Irish fiction
Danielle McLaughlin Touching and insightful, O'Regan has penned a tender debut novel about one man's struggle to save the many broken souls, including his own, on Kerry Head
Anne Griffin Written with tenderness and a starkly beautiful sense of place, Though the Bodies Fall grapples fearlessly with the most profound questions: what is the worth of a human life? What does it cost to be endlessly in service to others? Where is the line between devotion and obsession? A dark dream of a novel that holds you in its grip till the very last line
Eimear Ryan, author of Holding Her Breath Haunting and beautiful. Darkly compelling
Callan Wink [A] haunting debut
Electric Literature
An exciting new voice in Irish literature... Some books come and go in a heated rush. This novel is a slow burner, assured and measured
Kerry’s Eye
A quietly moving story of stalled lives and lost chances... O'Regan writes with marked authority... An arresting and original novel that is grounded in its locale
Irish Times
This debut novel from Kerry-raised author Noel O'Regan is impressive with its haunting quality, evocative prose and rather strange premise that offers plenty of potential for drama and reflection
Irish Examiner
A feeling of joy goes through me when I find a book I think is this special. This eloquently written debut is a contender for one of my books of the year
Prima Magazine
A stunning debut
Good Housekeeping
A beautiful, haunting tale that lingers in the mind. I loved it
Irish Examiner
O'Regan creates an evocative sense of place and depicts Micheál's sense of duty, guilt and increasing self-neglect with unflinching honesty
Observer
Brilliantly realised... Heart-breaking... Very affecting, very moving; it's difficult not to be swept along by the power of this... Its restraint is the thing I most admire about it
RTÉ Arena
Stunning... The prose is simple and highly effective... O'Regan writes with compassion and sensitivity about the people who Micheál tries to save... Hope comes with the morning light - and there is a lot of hope in Noel O'Regan's enthralling debut novel, despite its dark subject
Sunday Business Post
Absolutely outstanding... a stunning debut
Offaly Independent
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