Eden's Shore

Fagan is shaping up to be one of the most dazzling and daring stylists around * Guardian, Book of the Year *
Wild, dark and free-wheeling, this epic of colonialism and revolution cements Fagan as one of the most strikingly original Irish writers working today – Ferdia Lennon, author of the Sunday Times bestselling GLORIOUS EXPLOITS
Visceral, propulsive, kinetic … a glorious firework display of ambition, imagination and ideas. This is an unforgettable odyssey from one of the most daring writers at work today – Colin Walsh, author of the bestselling debut KALA
Unexpectedly hilarious and very beautiful … Eden’s Shore often felt like a sort of maritime Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy’s portentous masterpiece of the American west - and it will no doubt divide readers along similar lines. But I’d be hard pressed to think of higher praise * Guardian *
Exuberant, often darkly funny prose propels readers through a historical novel like few others * Sunday Times *
While savagery abounds, moments of wonder act as reprieve in this ambitious text * Irish Times *
A tremendous romp of a tale * FT *
Rich and beautifully told * TLS *
A tale of greed, revenge and love from one of Ireland’s best young writers * Gentleman’s Journal *
His writing is colourful but pacey, and Eden’s Shore flies along at a fierce clip, leaving a lasting impression and a sense of excitement at where Fagan will turn his sights next * Buzz Magazine *
Unexpectedly hilarious and very beautiful. As well as deftly controlling and differentiating a vividly realised ensemble of dreamers, drinkers and mercurial freebooters, Fagan achieves a sultry, skirling prose that captures with equal precision both the beauty of the tropics and the spiritual and physical mutilations practised in their shade-bound midst * Guardian *

Oisin Fagan is the author of Hostages, a collection of stories, and Nobber, his debut novel which was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize, shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, and was named a Book of the Year by the Guardian and the Daily Mail.

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