Star of the Sea

Joseph O'Connor's monumental bestseller reissued in a new series look to coincide with the publication of his new novel, Shadowplay Over a million copies sold Rediscover Joseph O'Connor's monumental #1 international bestseller.In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by injustice and natural disaster, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York.On board are hundreds of fleeing refugees. Among them are a maidservant with a devastating secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith and his family, an aspiring novelist and a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home. Each is connected more deeply than they can possibly know.But a camouflaged killer is stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution.A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK SINCE 2000'A triumph...A spectacular breakthrough' Sunday Times'Ireland's most brilliant storyteller' Independent on SundayJOSEPH O'CONNOR'S STUNNING NEW NOVEL, MY FATHER'S HOUSE, IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW

“"Sensitive, thoughtful and rich with the spoils of its author's plunder of the past." -- Irish Independent "His most substantial and impressive novel to date." -- Irish Times Praise for Joseph O'Connor's Inishowen : "This is a tremendous book; affecting, intelligent, ironic, humane and utterly convincing. It is also extremely funny." -- Spectator "His writing is terrific." -- Roddy Doyle”

A page-turner of a masterpiece. Don't miss it Daily Mail
Stunningly accomplished Guardian
A triumph...A spectacular breakthrough...it raises the bar for contemporary Irish fiction Sunday Times
A terrific story... A stealthily gripping narrative Daily Telegraph
This is Joseph O'Connor's best book. It is shocking, hilarious, beautifully written, and very, very clever -- Roddy Doyle
His most substantial and impressive novel to date. Sad and funny, Star of the Sea tacks and veers in surprising directions, but follows a subtly plotted course to its final satisfying landfall Irish Times
A masterful storyteller... A thrilling tale...O'Connor writes with nothing less than incandescent passion... Unfailingly gripping The Times
A modern masterpiece... The language is absolutely gorgeous -- Bob Geldof
There is so much that is memorable in the Star of the Sea... Grounded upon well researched, vivid, unprejudiced empathy Sunday Telegraph
Sensitive, thoughtful and rich with the spoils of its author's plunder of the past Irish Independent

Joseph O'Connor's fiction has been published in forty languages. His twenty books include eleven novels, among them the million-selling Star of the Sea, Ghost Light, Shadowplay and My Father's House, a Washington Post Book of the Year. His work has been shortlisted for the LA Times Book Award, twice for the Whitbread/Costa and twice for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and has won the Nielsen Bookscan Golden Book Award, France's Prix Millepages, Italy's Premio Acerbi and Premio Napoli, an American Library Association Award, the American Ireland Fund Literary Award, the Hennessy Writer of the Year and Hall of Fame Awards, the Eason/An Post Novel of the Year Award, a Cullman Fellowship at the New York Public Library, the Irish Pen Award for Outstanding Achievement and the Prix Madeline Zepter for European Novel of the Year. He is Frank McCourt Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Limerick.

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