Home Stretch, Graham Norton'Graham is a lovely writer and this is by far his best. The passage of time is beautifully handled, and the emergence of Ireland into the modern world is a joy to read There's a lovely kindness and a fundamental goodness at the heart of this book. A great read!' RUSSELL T. DAVIES 'A real page turner, the kind of warmth and magical storytelling that puts me in mind of the late, great Maeve Binchy a writer of real strength and talent.' LORRAINE KELLY

each buried with a single eye facing the low winter sun

" his task having been "the description of humanity

I hurled the whole out into the desert

and everyone knew he had his reasons

that we can work toward being our best and kindest selves

Sunday Times Jeremy Paxman is a journalist

'Graham is a lovely writer and this is by far his best

and Darrow needs the people he loves—Virginia

A hard-boiled detective tale full of talking animals and murder

Brilliantly ambitious and powerfully written

her choices

the wife of an affluent doctor