From the award-winning author of The Raptures and The Fire Starters, a magically surreal novel about history, identity and redemption 'A stunningly original novel... one of the most imaginative and talented Irish writers at work today' Roisín O’Donnell, author of Nesting 'No writer captures the absurdity and beauty of life quite like [Jan Carson] does' Sara Baume, author of Seven Steeples ‘Warm, sharp and gloriously funny' Sarah Moss, author of Ripeness ‘Her best book yet’ Heather Parry, author of Carrion Crow ___ It’s summer 2017 and the last few residents of the Lough Neagh Archipelago are facing imminent eviction. The flood planned to combat a devastating algae outbreak will submerge their homes, forcing them back to the Mainland for the first time in fifty years. Robert-John and Marion Connolly came to the islands as children in the 1970s, following their mercurial father, an anthropologist studying the unique society that had developed there. For many, the Neagh Archipelago