**The instant Irish Times top 5 bestseller** 'Urgent and utterly compelling' KEVIN BARRY '
Twist lingers long after you've put it down' GUARDIAN 'A Gatsby tale for the internet age '
ANNA FUNDER 'One of our greatest storytellers ' ELIF SHAFAK 'Masterful ... A surprising
electric book ' IRISH TIMES Anthony Fennell a journalist is in pursuit of a story buried at
the bottom of the sea: the network of tiny fibre-optic tubes that carry the world's information
across the ocean floor - and what happens when they break. So he has travelled to Cape Town
to board the George Lecointe a cable repair vessel captained by Chief of Mission John Conway.
Conway is a talented engineer and fearless freediver - and Fennell is quickly captivated by
this mysterious unnerving man and his beautiful partner Zanele. As the boat embarks along
the west coast of Africa Fennell learns the rhythms of life at sea. But as the mission falters
tensions simmer - and Conway is thrown into crisis by a terrible violent tragedy unfolding in
the life he has left behind on land. Then Conway disappears and Fennell must set out to find
him. As taut and propulsive as a thriller and a timeless exploration of narrative and truth
Twist is the work of a master storyteller at the height of his powers.
