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Post-Civil War journey to find belonging across continents and identities.
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The Newer World

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    8 September 2026

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Summary

An immersive, sweeping, and unforgettable novel of one man’s life in the aftermath of the American Civil War.

“I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things … were gone forever.”

Against this rapidly shifting landscape, Tennyson Bouguereau—freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier, and wanted man—journeys to find meaning and belonging. From the relative safety of home in Tennessee with his sister Rosalee, he is offered th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780571378456
ISBN-10:0571378455
Author:Sebastian Barry
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Imprint:Faber & Faber
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:8 September 2026
Weight:480g
Dimensions:24mm x 153mm x 234mm
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The Newer World by Sebastian Barry - ISBN: 9780571378456
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About The Author

Sebastian Barry

Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. The 2018-21 Laureate for Irish Fiction, his novels have twice won the Costa Book of the Year award, the Independent Booksellers Award and the Walter Scott Prize. He had two consecutive novels shortlisted for the Booker Prize, A Long Long Way (2005) and the top ten bestseller The Secret Scripture (2008), and has also won the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Prize, the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He lives in County Wicklow.

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