The Ghosts Of Rome

A superb testament to humankind’s bravery and resilience…moving and immersive * Guardian, Books of the Year *
Tremendous and terrifying – Fintan O’Toole * Irish Times Books of the Year *
The tension doesn’t slack an inch… It is haunting, sensuous and immaculately constructed — without sacrificing any thrills * Sunday Times, Summer Reads of 2025 *
The Ghosts of Rome is both a tribute to the imagination and courage of his remarkable team [of The Escape Line] and a riveting thriller * Times Literary Supplement *
Blazes with imaginative flair and narrative energy… packed with sensuously evoked reminders of Rome’s rich past…haunted and haunting * Sunday Times *
There is no finer writer of historical fiction than Joseph O’Connor… Beautifully written, warm and witty, this story of a terrorised city is a must-read. Thrilling, terrifying and entertaining in equal measure. – Liz Nugent, Number One Bestselling author of STRANGE SALLY DIAMOND
[A] vivid and moving story, with O’Connor seamlessly combining real characters with imagined ones * Guardian *
As thrilling, beautiful and sensational a novel as you’ll read this or any year – Donal Ryan * Sunday Times *
Digs ever deeper into the lives of the everyday heroes of a war-ravaged city, unearthing stories of remarkable courage and ingenuity that glitter from the pages of this tense, polyphonic narrative – Sarah Gilmartin
A stellar piece of storytelling. O’Connor brilliantly captures the sense of the city and its inhabitants in peril * Daily Mail *

JOSEPH O’CONNOR was born in Dublin. His books include Cowboys and Indians, Inishowen, Star of the Sea (American Library Association Award, Irish Post Award for Fiction, France’s Prix Millepages, Italy’s Premio Acerbi, Prix Madeleine Zepter for European Novel of the Year), Redemption Falls, Ghost Light (Dublin One City One Book Novel 2011), Shadowplay (Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year, Costa Novel of the Year shortlist) and his Rome Escape Line Trilogy novels, My Father’s House, The Ghosts of Rome (Irish Book Awards Book of the Year) and The City of Echoes. His fiction has been translated into forty languages. He received the 2012 Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Contribution to Literature and in 2014 he was appointed Frank McCourt Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Limerick.

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