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In the Forest

Edna O'Brien
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The spruces are so close together that the barks are a sable-brown. Michael O'Kane is known as the 'Kinderschrek', the 'child scarer'. He haunts Cloosh Wood in western Ireland. As a boy he lost his mother and by the age of ten he was in prison. Now he seeks sacrificial victims to satisfy his delusional fantasies: a beautiful young mother, her infant son and a trusting priest, who are enticed into the forest.

Inspired by a real triple homicide, this novel is a 'tour de force of finely restrained fury' (Newsday).

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Country
United Kingdom
Date
26 May 2026
Pages
288
ISBN
9780571397495

The spruces are so close together that the barks are a sable-brown. Michael O'Kane is known as the 'Kinderschrek', the 'child scarer'. He haunts Cloosh Wood in western Ireland. As a boy he lost his mother and by the age of ten he was in prison. Now he seeks sacrificial victims to satisfy his delusional fantasies: a beautiful young mother, her infant son and a trusting priest, who are enticed into the forest.

Inspired by a real triple homicide, this novel is a 'tour de force of finely restrained fury' (Newsday).

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Country
United Kingdom
Date
26 May 2026
Pages
288
ISBN
9780571397495

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