Kevin Barry's unflinching poetic style nails the moments that linger in the mind well after the book is closed.
” —Michael Schaub, NPR Night Boat to Tangier is a 2019 novel by Kevin Barry. Night Boat to Tangier—even that title, delicious and loaded—is the story of two old criminals, Maurice Hearne and Charlie Redmond, who spend the night in the port of Algeciras, hoping to catch sight of, and connect with, Dilly Hearne, Maurice's estranged daughter. by Kevin Barry ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 17, 2019. Barry never asks the … NIGHT BOAT TO TANGIER. Night Boat to Tangier is remarkable, a novel that's both grim and compassionate, and it features gorgeous writing on every page. Night Boat to Tangier is a powerful and expressive novel with fascinating characters that have corrupted and harmed themselves and those around them for years. Night Boat to Tangier One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2019Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, Lit Hub, The A superbly melancholic melody of a novel full of beautiful phrases and terrible men. Night Boat to Tangier is a beautifully written story about the criminally complex and intertwined lives of two haggard gentlemen, Charlie Redmond and Maurice Hearne. Shelving menu. Both men are from Ireland and we meet them in October of 2018, sitting in the terminal at the port of Algecirus, hoping to spot Maurice’s estranged 23 year old daughter Dilly, either coming or going.
Night Boat to Tangier is remarkable, a novel that's both grim and compassionate, and it features gorgeous writing on every page. It is his third novel and was published on 20 June 2019 by the Edinburgh-based publisher Canongate Books. Barry never asks the reader to pity his characters; rather, he makes it nearly impossible not to relate to them, which is a remarkable trick.
5435 Ratings. Barry never asks the reader to pity his characters; rather, he makes it nearly impossible not to relate to them, which is a remarkable trick. In the dark waiting room of the ferry terminal in the sketchy Spanish port of Algeciras, two aging Irishmen — Maurice Hearne and Charlie Redmond, longtime partners in the lucrative and dangerous enter… More. In this gifted Irish writer’s muscular, magical, and often salty prose, several lives take shape as two older men look for a young woman in a ferry terminal. Night Boat to Tangier is a sad, lyrical beauty of a novel about regret, from a dependably entertaining and perceptive writer * * Star Tribune * * The pleasure to be found in this relatively short book is in the telling, plus the author's clear evocative prose that often deploys lines and paragraphs that suggest music but it's not the speedy pace of step dancing. Want to Read. Night Boat to Tangier is remarkable, a novel that's both grim and compassionate, and it features gorgeous writing on every page. Shelve Night Boat to Tangier. Night Boat to Tangier A Novel (Book) : Barry, Kevin : From the acclaimed author of the international sensations City of Bohane and Beatlebone, a striking and gorgeous new novel of two aging criminals at the butt ends of their damage-filled careers. Night Boat to Tangier (2019), a novel by Irish author Kevin Barry, follows two aging Irish gangsters—Maurice Hearne and Charlie Redmond—as they loiter at a ferry terminal in Algeciras, Spain, hoping to encounter Maurice’s estranged daughter, Dilly. ” —Michael Schaub, NPR Against this present-day backdrop, Barry unfurls the story of the two men’s life of crime and the collapse of Maurice’s family. Maurice and Charles, both past 50, are “fading Irish gangsters” once involved in bringing Moroccan hashish to Ireland via Spain.