My Father's House

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A literary thriller of the highest order. The incarnation of O'Flaherty, the Irish Oskar Schindler, is sublime. What often elevates a writer is compassion, and O'Connor has it in spades... Beautifully crafted, his razor-sharp dialogue is to be savoured, and he employs dark humour to great effect. The plot twists keep on coming A spectacular, thrilling novel...suspense crackles...celebrates triumphant against-the-odds camaraderie. O'Connor is on stellar form with this ensemble thriller ...while the story's inbuilt tension urges you on, it's the sheer vigour of O'Connor's beautifully turned phrases that really makes the book sing...an expert storyteller The novel's evocative scene-setting, its propulsive narration and its powerful depiction of bravery and unity in extremis, all make for an engrossing read. Breathtakingly good writing - O'Connor puts you right there, centre stage in the story and never lets you go Thrilling... Based on true events, this tense, gripping narrative is rendered in beautifully evocative prose Impressive and pleasurable...the diverse ventriloquism of O'Connor's novel evokes a city in peril with wonderful vitality A tale worth re-telling, adorned as it is by the brilliants of O'Connor's impressionistic writing A powerful portrait of extraordinary courage Precisely choreographed... We eagerly follow the characters through uncertainty and disappointment as well as high-stakes jeopardy. O'Connor is playing with the possibilities of multiple narrators, and thinking also about plurality, reliability and the historical record Expand reviews