Garrett Carr je autor, jehož díla se ponořila do složité krajiny a historie Irska. Jeho psaní se vyznačuje bystrým okem pro detail, kombinujícím pozorování kartografa s citem spisovatele. Carr zkoumá jedinečnou „pohraniční zemi“, která existuje mezi Severem a Jihom, odhaluje její složitý minulost a nejistou budoucnost. Jeho práce, doplněná o vlastní mapy a fotografie, nabízí svěží pohled na národnost, půdu a moc, často se dotýká osamělé krásy a lidových příběhů.
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.
Set in a 1970s Irish fishing village, the story revolves around a baby boy found on the beach, who captivates the local community. As he grows into a charismatic yet enigmatic young man named Brendan, the narrative explores the intertwined lives of his adoptive family and the village, revealing the impact of a changing global economy on their traditional way of life. The dynamic between Brendan and his brother Declan, alongside their father's struggles, highlights themes of family, community, and the complexities of identity in a shifting world.
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.
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.