Though the Bodies Fall
by
Noel O'Regan

Published
July 2023
Publishers
UK
Granta
Micheál Burns lives alone in his family’s bungalow at the end of Kerry Head in Ireland. It is a picturesque place, but the cliffs have a darker side to them: for generations they have been a suicide black spot. Micheál’s mother saw the saving of these lost souls – these visitors – as her spiritual duty, and now, in the wreckage of his life, Micheál finds himself continuing her work. When his sisters tell him that they want to sell the land, he must choose between his siblings and the visitors, a future or a past.
'Haunting and beautiful. Darkly compelling' Callan Wink
'Noel O'Regan writes beautifully. Though the Bodies Fall is a beautiful book' Audrey Magee
'I opened it up one evening and was instantly captivated... The atmosphere is haunting; the imagery so powerful that it gave me strange dreams. This novel is a little bit uncanny and a little bit archaic but also incredibly contemporary and prescient' Sara Baume
'A dark dream of a novel that holds you in its grip till the very last line’ Eimear Ryan
'I was immediately drawn into O'Regan's delicately wrought debut by the tenderness he has for his characters, and by the quiet power that builds beneath the surface of his storytelling' Carys Davies
'Haunting and beautiful. Darkly compelling' Callan Wink