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Booker prize nominee Elaine Feeney will be coming into EPIC this autumn to discuss her anxiously-awaited third novel, Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way. Feeney will discuss the main themes, as they pertain to the complexities of an Irish expat returning to their home town, and unlock this story…
Booker prize nominee Elaine Feeney will be coming into EPIC this autumn to discuss her anxiously-awaited third novel, Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way. Feeney will discuss the main themes, as they pertain to the complexities of an Irish expat returning to their home town, and unlock this story of love and resilience, rich with history and drama, and the legacies of violence and redemption.
The talk will culminate in a Q&A session, giving the audience the opportunity to engage directly with Elaine and discuss the elements of the book that resonated the most, which are often the intricate and sometimes harsh realities of leaving a home behind, and what awaits when you return. Copies of Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way will be available to purchase on the night, with a book signing following the event.
This will be a free but ticketed event.
About the book
Claire O’Connor’s life has been on hold since she broke up with Tom Morton and moved from London back to the West of Ireland to care for her dying father. But parts of her old life are sure to follow her, when Tom unexpectedly moves nearby for work. As Claire is thrown back into a love she thought she’d left behind, she questions if Tom has come for her or for himself, and living in her childhood home brings its own challenges. While Claire tries to maintain a normal life Tom’s return stirs up haunting family memories trapped within the walls of the old house that looms nearby.
About the author
Elaine Feeney is an acclaimed novelist and poet from the west of Ireland. Her debut novel, As You Were, was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Irish Novel of the Year Award, and won the Kate O’Brien Award, the McKitterick Prize and the Dalkey Festival Emerging Writer Award. How to Build a Boat was also shortlisted for Irish Novel of the Year, longlisted for the Booker Prize, and was a New Yorker Best Book of the Year. Feeney has published the poetry collections Where’s Katie?, The Radio Was Gospel, Rise and All the Good Things You Deserve, and lectures at the University of Galway.
