SO LATE IN THE DAY

From the bestselling author Claire Keegan an exquisitely written story which finds an unsatisfied man on his bus journey home reflect on the love that got away A genuine once in a generation writer THE TIMES Every word is the right word in the right place and the effect is resonant and deeply moving HILARY MANTEL Claire Keegan makes her moments real and then she makes them matter COLM TÓIBÍN After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the bus home There his mind agitates over a woman named Sabine with whom he might have spent his life had he acted differently All evening with only the television and a bottle of champagne for company thoughts of this woman and others intrude and the true significance of this particular date is revealed From one of the world s great writers So Late in the Day asks if a lack of generosity might ruin what could be between men and women Claire Keegan s book So Late in the Day was a Sunday Times bestseller w c 02 09 2023 Readers love So Late in the Day You ll finish this novella in one sitting but you will be hooked to the author for life Claire Keegan is a master of the English language and able to conjure so much in so little