Description But, as she becomes entangled in their work, and their strange relationship, the outside world she had yearned for appears a much darker place than she could ever have imagined. Elizabeth O’Connor’s beautiful, devastating debut Whale Fall tells a story of longing and betrayal set against the backdrop of a world on the edge of great tumult. ‘The quiet cadences of Whale Fall contain a deep melody of loss held and let go. It is a gentle, tough story about profound change’ – Anne Enright A BBC ‘Between the Covers’ Book Club Pick ‘I didn’t want it to end’ – Maggie O’Farrell ‘Powerful . . .written with a calm, luminous precision’ – Colm Tóibín An Observer Best Debut of the Year
