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Win reading review copies of Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry

For Adults

Faber is delighted to offer ten copies of Old God’s Time to reading groups.

Old God’s Time is the breath-taking new novel from award-winning and bestselling author Sebastian Barry, who’s previous books include The Secret Scripture and Days Without End, both winning the Costa Book of the Year award. Douglas Stuart has described Old God’s Time as, ‘Full of love and grief and heartache, this is an unforgettable novel from one of our finest writers.’

About Old God’s Time

Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian Castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door. Occasionally, fond memories of the past return, of his family, his beloved wife June and their two children.

But when two former colleagues turn up at his door with questions about a decades-old case, one which Tom never quite came to terms with, he finds himself pulled into the darkest currents of his past.

A beautiful, haunting novel, in which nothing is quite what it seems, Old God’s Time is about what we live through, what we live with, and what may survive of us.

How to get involved

To be in with a change of winning 10 paperback copies to read and review with your reading group please log in and complete the survey by 6 January.

To be in with a chance of winning a set of 10 paperback copies of Old God’s Time read and review with your reading group, please log in and complete the survey below by 6 January 2023. If successful, each of your members will be expected to share a review on Amazon, Goodreads, Waterstones or the Reading Groups for Everyone website within eight weeks of receiving the books. Please only pitch if you can commit to this.

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If you have any questions about this offer, please get in touch with chris.moore@readingagency.org.uk.

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