Spies in Canaan
- Author David Park
- Narrator William Hope
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
- Run Time 6 hours and 24 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Adventure fiction, Espionage and spy thriller, Fiction: general and literary, Thriller / suspense fiction, Vietnam War fiction.
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What to expect
'It is seldom that one can say a book is perfect, but this is as close as I've seen in a very long time' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
'A bold and unsettling parable about guilt, atonement and redemption' IRISH TIMES
Michael has travelled a long way from his boyhood under the endless skies of the Midwest. His retirement is peaceful, if solitary. But one day there is a visitation: a mysterious car on the seafront, and a package delivered. From its contents, Michael understands that he has been commissioned to undertake a final journey.
As Michael makes his way deep into a distant desert – a strange and liminal landscape that lies between hell and redemption – he undertakes another journey, into long-suppressed memories: of Vietnam and the dying days of war, and to face a final accounting for what was done.
Taut, atmospheric and moving, Spies in Canaan is a powerful elegy to the pain of love, the guilt of old age, and the grace of atonement.
‘Another compact marvel … This is a meditative novel that, while investing heavily in a patient build-up of atmosphere, never forgets the need to put a foot on the gas’ DAILY MAIL
‘David Park’s novels are always elegantly written’ INDEPENDENT
'Unflinching, courageous, wise, alert to the thrill and sorrow of violence ... Adds to David Park's status as a superb novelist' FRANK MCGUINNESS
Critics Review
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A layered tale told in masterful style. A writer’s writer, a purveyor of thoughtful, atmospheric fiction that is mature in observation, structure, pace, character- all the good things that bring a book to life
IRISH TIMES -
An astonishing achievement
IRISH EXAMINER, Books of the Year 2022 -
Immerses the reader … a poignant retrospective narrative full of loss and insight
IRISH TIMES, Best summer reading -
One of the most powerful and probing novels so far this year
FINANCIAL TIMES, Best summer reads of 2022 -
A short, sharp novel about memory, longing, regret and atonement
SUNDAY TIMES IRELAND -
David Park’s novels are always elegantly written and I liked Spies in Canaan, a story about the redemption of a retired man whose past in Vietnam catches up with him
INDEPENDENT
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