ABOUT THE BOOK
It’s 1986 and 29-year-old Marlo O’Sullivan of London-Irish stock has just found out that his sister is his mother. To steady his life, he moves to Glengarriff, to a cottage he has inherited, in the stunning Beara Peninsula.
When a neighbour dies unexpectedly, Marlo takes over his minibus service to Cork. There is nothing regular about the regulars on the bus - especially Sully, a non-verbal 6 year old, who goes nowhere but does the journey back and forth every day, on his own. Marlo is landed with this a strange but compassionate arrangement, fashioned to give the child’s mother respite from his care. Sully’s obsession with an imaginary friend in the ancient oak forests of Glengarriff slowly unveils its terrible secrets – a 400-hundred-year-old tragedy revels itself.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Cauvery Madhavan was born in India and moved to Ireland 37 years ago. Her books Paddy Indian and The Uncoupling were published to critical acclaim. Her last novel, TheTainted was chosen by Laureate Sebastian Barry for his Laureate Picks 2020. It was one of An Post Book Awards’ Top Summer Reads. The book won the runner-up prize for the SAHR Prize for Military Fiction and was chosen by The Times, UK, for their list of top 40 Historical Fiction novels. A very keen golfer and cook, she lives with her husband in County Kildare.
REVIEWS
‘I absolutely loved this novel! There are echoes of Binchy and Steinbeck and a hint of McGahern and JB Keane throughout. The interweaving story is fantastic! The Inheritance evokes the place and people with such tenderness and insight and love. The ending is perfect. It is so beautiful!’ Donal Ryan
'Brimful of love and forgiveness. I loved seeing West Cork through Cauvery's eyes.' Graham Norton
‘Full of Irish charm and mild eccentricity, and infused with the beauty of the ancient, in places almost primeval, landscape...It’s a wonderful novel about identity and belonging, themes explored through the web of connections, physical and spiritual, which lie at its heart.’
Town and Country Magazine
'I completely lost my heart to The Inheritance because it is part of the rich, varied and engrossing culture of storytelling that those influenced by Ireland seem to achieve so effortlessly.' Linda Hill, Linda's Book Bag