WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDSJohn is so many miles from
love now and home. This is the story of his strangest trip.A novel of family ghosts love
music and the quest for truth Beatlebone recounts a wild journey through the west of Ireland
in 1978. At its helm is John a maddened genius fleeing fame and seeking peace. With his
deadpan Irish driver Cornelius at his side John is hellbent on reaching the Island of
Dorinish an assignment he arranged ten years before. Lyrical freewheeling quixotic and fun
Beatlebone is a sad and beautiful comedy.
