We Are Not in the World av Conor O'Callaghan

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<p><b>''Stylish, deft...an absolutely fascinating novel'' <i>Guardian</i><br><br></b><b>''Haunting, mesmerising, and so deeply intelligent'' Kamila Shamsie, author of Women''s Prize for Fiction winning <i>Home Fire</i></b><br><br><b>''Powerful...compelling and profoundly moving'' <i>Irish Times</i></b><br><b><br>''Heartbreaking, sweetly logical and tentatively hopeful'' <i>Spectator</i></b><br><br>Heartbroken after a long, painful love affair, a man drives a haulage lorry from England to France. Travelling with him is a secret passenger - his daughter. Twenty-something, unkempt, off the rails.<br><br>With a week on the road together, father and daughter must restore themselves and each other, and repair a relationship that is at once fiercely loving and deeply scarred.<br><br>As they journey south, down the motorways, through the service stations, a devastating picture reveals itself: a story of grief, of shame, and of love in all its complex, dark and glorious manifestations.<br>_____