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Garrett Carr

    Garrett Carr is an author whose works delve into the intricate landscape and history of Ireland. His writing is characterized by a keen eye for detail, blending the observations of a cartographer with the sensibilities of a storyteller. Carr explores a unique 'borderland' that exists between North and South, uncovering its complex past and uncertain future. His work, enhanced by his own maps and photographs, offers a fresh perspective on nationhood, land, and power, often touching upon desolate beauty and the stories of its people.

    The Rule of the Land
    The Boy from the Sea
    Lost Dogs
    • The Boy from the Sea

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Incredibly moving and warm, The Boy from the Sea is a love story: of a family, a town, and a boy whose arrival changes everything, for fans of Kate Atkinson, Claire Keegan and Jon McGregor.

      The Boy from the Sea2025
      3.8
    • The Rule of the Land

      • 312 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      He reveals the turbulent history of this landscape and changes the way we look at nationhood, land and power. The book incorporates Carr's own maps and photographs. 'It is Garrett Carr's contention that Ireland is more divided than any of us suspected - not in two but in three: north, south and borderland.

      The Rule of the Land2017
    • Lost Dogs

      • 236 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      At last there is peace in the city. A shipment of vicious creatures will be exported faraway. Their containers rattle, howl and smell of death. But not everyone is keen to see them leave. Shouldn't the place that makes the monsters keep them? Ewan has returned to the city for his father's trial. May has joined a school for special talents. Andrew wants only to keep out of trouble. But trouble is sure to find them. It has their scent.

      Lost Dogs2010
      3.7