Few and Far Between

For fans of Mariana Enriquez and Julia Armfield, a literary alternative history about a community living on an archipelago, the flamboyant guru who brought them together and the secrets that will lead to their fall.

Plt;bPgt;From the award-winning author of Plt;iPgt;The RapturesPlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;The Fire Starters, Plt;/iPgt;a magically surreal novel about history, identity and redemptionPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;APlt;bPgt; stunningly original novel...Plt;/bPgt; Plt;bPgt;one of the most imaginative and talented Irish writers at work todayPlt;/bPgt;P#39; RoisP#237;n OP#8217;Donnell, author of Plt;iPgt;NestingPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Plt;bPgt;No writer captures the absurdity and beauty of life quite like Jan Carson doesPlt;/bPgt;P#39; Sara Baume, author of Plt;iPgt;Seven SteeplesPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;Plt;bPgt;Warm, sharp and gloriously funnyPlt;/bPgt;P#39; Sarah Moss, author of Plt;iPgt;RipenessPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8216;Her best book yetPlt;/bPgt;P#8217; Heather Parry, author of Plt;iPgt;Carrion CrowPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;___Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;ItP#8217;s summer 2017 and the last few residents of the Lough Neagh Archipelago are facing imminent eviction. The flood planned to combat a devastating algae outbreak will submerge their homes, forcing them back to the Mainland for the first time in fifty years.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Robert-John and Marion Connolly came to the islands as children in the 1970s, following their mercurial father, an anthropologist studying the unique society that had developed there. For many, the Neagh Archipelago represented a utopia, a chance to be free of the prejudices and history of Troubles era Northern Ireland. But perhaps this utopia wasnP#8217;t all that it seemed.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Marion and Robert-John have grown accustomed to their haunted existence on the Ark, monitoring the mysterious Far Side, where ghostly figures linger and the land swallows secrets whole. How will they cope with a new life on the Mainland? Is it possible to leave the past behind? And will the Ark ever let them go...Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;_____Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;No one writes like Jan Carson. Surreal times call for surreal stories, and Plt;iPgt;Few and Far BetweenPlt;/iPgt; packages Plt;bPgt;history, horror and redemptionPlt;/bPgt; in her signature combination of humour and grace.P#8217; Sheila Armstrong, author of Plt;iPgt;Falling AnimalsPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;Jan Carson is a born storyteller:Plt;/bPgt; her work is so imaginative, whimsical, mischievous and brave, but tender and curious too P#8212; you never know where sheP#39;s going to take you next, so Plt;bPgt;reading her is always an adventurePlt;/bPgt;.P#39; Lisa McInerney, author of Plt;iPgt;The Glorious HeresiesPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Jan Carson is Plt;bPgt;a unique and very special writerPlt;/bPgt;, one of the greatest of the modern fabulistsP#39; Donal Ryan, author of Plt;iPgt;Heart be at PeacePlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;One of the most Plt;bPgt;exciting and original Plt;/bPgt;Northern Irish writers of her generation.P#39; Plt;iPgt;Sunday TimesPlt;/iPgt;