Sebastian Barry
Sebastian Barry is an Irish novelist, playwright and poet. He was named Laureate for Irish Fiction, 2019–2021.
Books by Sebastian Barry
4 books available
A Long Long Way
by Sebastian Barry
4.2(5,913)
Naive Irish solider Willie Dunne confronts the horrors of World War I, only to return home and find his Ireland fractured by a different, equally devastating war.
The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty
by Sebastian Barry
4.0(1,864)
Branded a traitor for joining the British-led police, Eneas McNulty flees a violence-wracked Ireland and the woman he loves, embarking on a lifelong odyssey of loss redeemed by a final, unexpected act of generosity.
Days Without End
by Sebastian Barry
4.0(27,310)
Two young soldiers, bound by love and trauma in 19th-century America, form an unconventional family with an orphaned Indian girl, seeking peace in a world set against them.
The Secret Scripture
by Sebastian Barry
3.8(17,416)
Confined for decades, an elderly woman’s secret memoir, intertwined with her psychiatrist's journal, unearths a harrowing, passionate history of love, loss, and the hidden brutalities of 20th-century Ireland.