Turning for Home

Courageous … memorable … so moving that one wonders why as a society we are so much more eager to hear about young love than old … it is incidental moments that remain vivid in memory once the book is closed, small glimpses of unsuspected inner lives. * Guardian *
This novel firmly establishes Barney as one of the most insightful and attuned writers of his generation. He negotiates all the huge and hugely important themes - love, family, loss, conflict, pain, the storm-blown paths we all travel - with such grace and absolute empathy. It’s a life-affirming, beautiful and achingly poignant book. – Donal Ryan
Deeply moving … readers would do well to make the acquaintance of Barney Norris, who has the potential to become a hugely significant novelist in the decades ahead. – John Boyne
Norris handles his themes – loneliness, regret, reconciliation – with great sensitivity’ * The Observer *
Utterly convincing…profound and elegiac * Daily Mail *
Remember the name Barney Norris. He’s a new writer in his mid-twenties, but already outstanding. * The Times *
Everything he writes about love, loss, grief, desolation and moments of hope and illumination rings absolutely true. It’s the real stuff. – Michael Frayn
Barney Norris is a rare and precious talent * Evening Standard *
Impressive * Financial Times *
Turning for Home is a resonant portrayal of memory, and Barney Norris a writer of impressive talent. * Times Literary Supplement *

Barney Norris has been the recipient of the International Theatre Institute’s Award for Excellence, the Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, a South Bank Sky Arts Times Breakthrough Award, an Evening Standard Progress 1000 Award, a Betty Trask Award and the Northern Ireland One Book Award. His work has been translated into eight languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, teaches Creative Writing at the University of Oxford where he is the Martin Esslin Playwright in Residence at Keble College, Oxford, and regularly reviews fiction for the Guardian.

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