Colm Tóibín talks about Red Sky in Morning

In the print edition of the The Guardian (Saturday 10 August), Colm Tóibín talks about what he’s reading. And guess what? He’s reading RED SKY IN MORNING. This is what he has to say:

“Paul Lynch’s Red Sky in Morning is set in 19th-century Ireland. It is an adventure story, with a good plot, but it is written in tones that are sumptuous and poetic, so I am savouring the book sentence by sentence. Lynch’s sense of the period, and the huge disruptions in society which affected every single character, is clever and well informed, but he has taken a real and fascinating risk with the style”.

In the same week, the Canadian author Peter Behrens, author of THE LAW OF DREAMS and THE O’BRIENS, has this to say about RED SKY IN MORNING:

“A textured thriller straight from the torment of Ireland’s 19th century. Paul Lynch delivers a raw ancient world that Dickens would have recognized, and Roberto Bolaño too.”

Kirkus starred review for RED SKY IN MORNING

As we get closer to its 5 November US release, RED SKY IN MORNING has been given a starred review in Kirkus. “A novel of great beauty,” says Kirkus, the notoriously tough American book review magazine.

Meanwhile, Booklist, in its forthcoming review, says RED SKY IN MORNING “bears comparison to Colum McCann’s Transatlantic… rendered in startlingly beautiful prose, not unlike the themes and style of Cormac McCarthy. This is strong stuff.”

Last week, Publishers Weekly did a two-page author profile on me. You can read the PDF of it below.

Barnes and Noble selects Red Sky In Morning as Discovery book

RED SKY IN MORNING has been selected by Barnes and Noble for its Discover Great New Writers campaign. This will see the book on prime display in the US over the winter holiday period and is a huge spotlight for the book there. Of the 10 books chosen, just three others are fiction, so feeling very privileged.

From the Barnes & Noble website: “Founded in 1990, the Discover Great New Writers program highlights books of exceptional literary quality from authors at the start of their careers.

A small group of Barnes & Noble bookseller volunteers convenes year-round to review submissions to the program and handpick titles for our promotion, currently featured at 700+ Barnes & Noble and 100 prominent Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, and on www.bn.com/discover.

Annually, we recognize two of our exceptional writers with the Discover Great New Writers Award (one each for Fiction and Non-fiction). In addition to a $10,000 prize, we promote the winning titles extensively in our stores and online.

Previous recipients of the Discover Award include Monica Ali, Eric Blehm, Tracy Chevalier, Joshua Ferris, Ben Fountain, Chang-rae Lee, Elizabeth McCracken, David Sheff, and Hampton Sides, among others.