Days without End

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“A great American novel which happens to have been written by an Irishman.”

“A work of staggering openness…Barry conjures a world in miniature, inward, quiet, sacred.”

“Barry is the most humane of writers…beauty is mined to its last redemptive glint…A great novel.”

“Written in a gorgeous style that blends Barry’s characteristic eloquence with the straight-talk of early America.”

“If an audiobook that is gorgeously written, tells a heart-thumping story, and is performed with flawless taste and authority is a cause for celebration, chill the champagne. Aiden Kelly gives us Thomas McNulty, a young refugee from Sligo…[in] a supple and powerful performance by Kelly, whose Thomas is somehow both pragmatic and full of wonder. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

“Remarkable…Life-affirming in the truest and best ways.”

“Narrator Aidan Kelly’s voice is lilting and poetic, suited to an enthusiastic storyteller with a knack for seeing the humor in almost any situation. His rendering of Barry’s beautifully expressive language draws listeners in with excellent pacing.”

“Barry…offers a meditation on the nature of what it means to be an American, and his conclusions are both complex and fearless. A beautifully realized historical novel.”

“A tour de force of style and atmosphere…a timeless work of historical fiction.”

“Lively, richly detailed…A contribution not just to Irish literature in English, but also the literature of the American West.”

“A sweeping vision of America in the making, the most fascinating line-by-line first person narration I’ve come across in years.”

“A beautiful, savage, tender, searing work of art. Sentence after perfect sentence it grips and does not let go.”

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