Reviews round-up
The Boy from the Sea
by Garrett Carr
4 of 4 critics positive
4 reviews: 1 rave, 3 positives
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“tragi-comic cuckoo-in-the-nest triumph”
Garrett Carr’s The Boy from the Sea is tragi-comic cuckoo-in-the-nest triumph
Positive
Read the review ↗“brilliantly evoked”
Book review: A salty tale of rivalry and superstition
Positive
Read the review ↗“warm-hearted and surprising debut”
The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr review – a tale of hope in rural Ireland
Positive
Read the review ↗“does something only art can”
The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr: Wry, observant, various and thoughtful, this novel does something only art can
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