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The author of Irish Book Awards Book of the Year 2014 }Academy Street{ returns with this story of a man retreating to the countryside and into books, longing for a return to his family's heyday. A young woman arrives at the door one day bringing potentially profound consequences with her. A homage to James Joyce, engaging with themes of loyalty, nature and the redemptive power of artThe new novel about love, loyalty and nature, from the author of Academy Street, Irish Book Awards Book of the Year 2014. Luke O'Brien has left Dublin to live a quiet life on his family land on the bend of the River Sullane. Alone in his big house, he longs for a return to his family's heyday and turns to books for solace.One morning a young woman arrives at his door and enters his life with profound consequences. Her presence presents him and his family with an almost impossible dilemma.In a novel that pays glorious homage to Joyce, The River Capture tells of one man's descent into near madness, and the possibility of rescue. This is a novel about love, loyalty and the raging forces of nature. More than anything, it is a book about the life of the mind and the redemptive powers of art.
