Solace

Belinda McKeon

Solace

‘A wonderful novel. I was deeply moved. Outstanding.’ John Boyne

Mark Casey did not expect to fall in love. But from the minute he saw Joanne Lynch across the garden of a Dublin pub, it seemed that nothing else was possible.

But Mark is also drawn back – guiltily – to his family and the land they have farmed for generations, and when he discovers the truth behind a family feud, it threatens to destroy this passionate love affair.

‘A novel of quiet power, filled with moments of carefully-told truth’ Colm Tóibín

‘Elegant, consuming and richly inspired. Superb.’ Colum McCann

‘Powerful and beautifully paced . . . I was totally gripped.’ Catherine O’Flynn 

Read extracts from Picador's featured books, including Solace by Belinda McKeon, winner of the Irish Book of the Year 2011, and At Last by Edward St Aubyn, the fifth novel in the critically acclaimed Patrick Melrose series.

Lee Dibble
 
Philippa Hardy
 

Read some of the fabulous comments that the press has made regarding Solace, the debut novel from Belinda McKeon.

Kris Doyle
 

Both Belinda McKeon and John Butler feature in this Irish Independent feature as part of 'Wild New Wave of Irish Writers'.

Mike Grady
 

Read an extract from Belinda McKeon's beautiful novel, Solace, out 19 August 2011.