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The Inheritance Cauvery Madhavan

The Inheritance By Cauvery Madhavan

The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan


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Summary

A compelling modern Irish novel taking in the complexities of religion, culture and family life in rural communities interwoven with the true history of The Long March of O'Sullivan Beara in 1601.

The Inheritance Summary

The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan

It's 1986 and 29-year-old Marlo O'Sullivan of London-Irish stock has just found out that his sister is his mother. To steady his life, he moves to Glengarriff, to a cottage he has inherited, in the stunning Beara Peninsula. When a neighbour dies unexpectedly, Marlo takes over his minibus service to Cork. There is nothing regular about the regulars on the bus - especially Sully, a non-verbal 6 year old, who goes nowhere but does the journey back and forth every day, on his own. Marlo is landed with this a strange but compassionate arrangement, fashioned to give the child's mother respite from his care. Sully's obsession with an imaginary friend in the ancient oak forests of Glengarriff slowly unveils its terrible secrets - a 400-hundred-year-old tragedy revels itself.

The Inheritance Reviews

'I absolutely loved this novel! There are echoes of Binchy and Steinbeck and a hint of McGahern and JB Keane throughout. The interweaving story is fantastic! The Inheritance evokes the place and people with such tenderness and insight and love. The ending is perfect. It is so beautiful!' [Donal Ryan]

A compelling modern Irish novel taking in the complexities of religion, culture and family life in rural communities interwoven with the true history of The Long March of OSullivan Beare[MAGGIE GEE]

Wonderfully crafted characters and vivid descriptions that make the novel a memorable page turner[MIHIR BOSE, journalist and author]

The stunning landscape of Beara becomes one of the characters in itself,. Wonderful[NICOLA CHESTER, nature writer, author of On Gallows Down]

A sumptuous, moving evocation of landscape, history and the human spirit, a lush, green novel with a beautiful, beating heart[Sean Hewitt]

This extraordinary novel is breathakingA book to be read and re read and cherished [NAMITA GOKHALE, Writer and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival]


About Cauvery Madhavan

Cauvery Madhavan was born in India and moved to Ireland 37 years ago. Her books Paddy Indian and The Uncoupling were published to critical acclaim. Her last novel, TheTainted was chosen by Laureate Sebastian Barry for his Laureate Picks 2020. It was one of An Post Book Awards' Top Summer Reads. The book won the runner-up prize for the SAHR Prize for Military Fiction and was chosen by The Times, UK, for their list of top 40 Historical Fiction novels. A very keen golfer and cook, she lives with her husband in County Kildare.

Additional information

NGR9781913109325
9781913109325
1913109321
The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan
New
Paperback
HopeRoad Publishing Ltd
2024-09-19
296
N/A
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