This Plague of Souls

How do you rebuild a world that seems to be falling apart? Nealon returns to his family home in Ireland after a long time away, only to be greeted by a completely empty house. No heat or light, no sign of his wife or child anywhere. It seems the world has forgotten that he even existed. The one exception is a persistent caller on the telephone, someone who seems to know everything about Nealon''s life, his recent bother with the law and, more importantly, what has happened to his family. All Nealon needs to do is talk with him. But the more he talks the closer Nealon gets to the same trouble he was in years ago, tangled in the very crimes of which he claims to be innocent. Part roman noir, part metaphysical thriller, This Plague of Souls is a story for these fractured times, dealing with how we might mend the world, and the story of a man who would let the world go to hell if he could keep his family together.

Vorwort
The new novel from the prize-winning author of Solar Bones exploring judgement, penance, loss and recovery

Autorentext
Mike McCormack is an award-winning novelist and short story writer from Mayo. His previous work includes Getting it in the Head (1996), Notes from a Coma (2005), which was shortlisted for BGE Irish Novel of the Year, and Forensic Songs (2012). In 1996 he was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Getting it in the Head and in 2007 he was awarded a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship. In 2016, Solar Bones won the Goldsmiths Prize and was BGE Irish Book of the Year, was longlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2017 and won the International Dublin Literary Award in 2018.

Klappentext

After the collapse of his trial, Nealon returns to his family home in Ireland for the first time in years, only to be greeted by an empty home. No heat or light, no sign of his wife or child. It seems the world has forgotten that he even existed, except for one mysterious caller.
This Plague of Souls is a story for these fractured times and the story of a man who would let the world go to hell if he could keep his family together.

Zusammenfassung
Set in contemporary Ireland, this new novel from the prize-winning author of Solar Bones explores judgement, penance, loss and recovery