O Now! by Niall Williams

Description *AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE AUTUMN*A wise, tender, life-affirming return to the beloved town of Faha by the award-winning master of Irish literatureThis is the why of us. October in the parish of Faha, County Clare the beginning of the season of spirits. Four nights a week, Bat Considine calls on his neighbour Mossie Crowe; a beloved widower known to all in the townland of Faha as Ganga. They sit by the fire and, as Bat reads the newspaper aloud, wait to see which of them will die first. But this week, Bat will make a discovery that changes this routine forever. In the coming days, Gangas small community will gather, and his family travel home from far away; to celebrate a quiet life, in all its miracles. Funny, beautiful, transcendent and wise, O Now! leads readers back down the road that leads to Faha and explores what it means to live a meaningful life, and what it means to leave it behind. Praise for Niall WilliamsI am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams Ann PatchettMakes the reader want to underline something on every page Financial TimesInfectiously hopeful Daily Telegraph Customers Also Liked Related products Time of the Child by Niall Williams The Blissful Breath by Niall O Murchu In Kiltumper : A Year in an Irish Garden by Niall Williams & Christine Breen Line by Niall Bourke Reviews