The LIttle Red Chairs

When a wanted war criminal, masquerading as a healer, settles in a small west coast Irish village, the community are in thrall. One woman, Fidelma McBride, falls under his spell and in this searing novel, Edna O’Brien charts the consequence of that fatal attraction. This is a story about love, the artifice of evil and the terrible necessity of accountability in our shattered, damaged world.

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The legendary Edna O’Brien’s tale of a mysterious stranger spellbinding an Irish village ‘reminds you why you read books in the first place’ (Observer).

‘The great Edna O’Brien has written her masterpiece.’ Philip Roth
‘Extraordinary . . . Courageous.’ J.M. Coetzee
‘Fierce and beautiful.’ Anne Enright
‘Exemplary.’ Colm Tóibìn

ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES’ TOP 100 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

When a man who calls himself a faith healer arrives in a small, west-coast Irish village, the community is soon under the spell of this charismatic stranger from the Balkans. One woman in particular, Fidelma McBride, becomes enthralled in a fatal attraction that leads to unimaginable consequences.

‘Magnificent’ (Sunday Times)
‘Beautiful’ (Financial Times)
‘Enthralling’ (Times)
‘Extraordinary’ (Independent)
‘Astonishing‘ (New Yorker)

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Weight 0.25 kg
Dimensions 19.7 × 13.1 × 2 cm
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