Eden's Shore

''Visceral, propulsive, kinetic'' Colin Walsh, author of Kala ''Wild, dark and free-wheeling '' Ferdia Lennon, author of G lorious Exploits At the close of the eighteenth century, Angel Kelly, an Irishman, sets sail from Liverpool aboard the Atlas with the intention of creating a Utopian commune in Brazil. But when a mutiny takes place on the ship, he finds himself stranded upon the coast of an unnamed Spanish colony in Latin America. In the aftermath, Kelly becomes unwittingly caught up in a series of crises culminating in displacement, rebellion and a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between empires. Set in an era of global upheaval, Eden''s Shore is an epic and intricate tale of greed, revenge and love. Populated by a vivid and rich cast of revolutionaries and pirates, capitalists and aristocrats, sailors and soldiers, slaves and spies, this is a work of staggering ambition and wondrous imagination. ''The best new young writer in Ireland'' Colin Barrett, author of Wild Houses ''A striking new talent'' The Times '' Ois i n Fagan is a true original'' Irish Examiner

Product details

• Authors: Oisín Fagan
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 09.04.2026
• EAN: 9781399815925
• ISBN: 978-1-399-81592-5
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: South America, FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, Ireland, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary