A darkly epic novel about connection, disconnection and destruction - from the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Let the Great World Spin**Named a 2025 book to look out for by the Observer, Financial Times, Irish Times and New European**'Urgent and utterly compelling' KEVIN BARRY'One of our greatest storytellers' ELIF SHAFAK'A powerfully realist novel of men at sea ... It speaks of the brokenness of our time, the successful and unsuccessful attempts at repairs, and the vulnerability of our world' SALMAN RUSHDIE