Shall We Gather at the River

Shall We Gather At The River tells the story of Enoch OReilly, the great flood that afflicts his small town, and the rash of mysterious suicides that accompany it. Charlatan, Presleyite and local radiovangelist, OReilly is a man haunted by the childhood ghosts of his fathers sinister radio set... a false prophet destined for a terrible consummation with that old, evil river.

A suicide mystery and a rich patchwork narrative of legend, myth, occult inheritance, eco-conspiracy, viral obsession, airwaves, water and death, Shall We Gather At The River is a spellbinding piece of work, marked by prose that is by turns haunting, poetic and blackly humourous. With shades of Flannery OConnors Wise Blood, Jeffrey EugenidesThe Virgin Suicides, of Twin Peaks and Wisconsin Death Trip, Shall We Gather At The River is a novel that will further cement Murphys reputation as one of the most original and exciting novelists to emerge in recent years.