Set in the aftermath of the famine, the Hamnet author’s family saga folds in myth and folklore‘His father was ever a man of few words,” begins Maggie O’Farrell’s 10th novel, a lengthy and ambitious story set in the aftermath of the Irish famine.

Set in the aftermath of the famine, the Hamnet author’s family saga folds in myth and folklore‘His father was ever a man of few words,” begins Maggie O’Farrell’s 10th novel, a lengthy and ambitious story set in the aftermath of the Irish famine.