Description
In 1978, John Lennon sets out across the west of Ireland on a journey that blends myth and memory, chasing the truth behind a promise he once made to an island he bought in 1967. As he travels, the landscape becomes a living archive—full of family ties, half-heard stories, and the lingering presence of ghosts—while love and music pulse beneath every encounter. Kevin Barry’s novel moves with lyrical momentum, turning a quest for answers into a meditation on identity, belief, and what it means to keep faith with the past. Part road novel and part haunting, Beatlebone is a richly atmospheric story about family, longing, and the strange ways art can lead us toward—or away from—truth.
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paperback
Canongate Books
Published Jan 1, 2015
263 pages
ISBN: 9781782116134
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First Published
2015
Language
eng
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