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Night Boat to Tangier

Written by: Kevin Barry
Narrated by: Kevin Barry
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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR EASON NOVEL OF THE YEAR, IRISH BOOK AWARDS
IRISH TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, BIG ISSUE, IRISH INDEPENDENT, I, THE ATLANTIC, PARIS REVIEW and LITERARY HUB

'A true wonder' Max Porter
'Beautifully written’ Guardian

It’s late one night at the Spanish port of Algeciras and two fading Irish gangsters are waiting on the boat from Tangier. A lover has been lost, a daughter has gone missing, their world has come asunder – can it be put together again?

Night Boat to Tangier is a novel drenched in sex and death and narcotics, in sudden violence and old magic. But above all, it is a book obsessed with the mysteries of love. A tragicomic masterwork from the award-winning Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier is a work of melancholy beauty, wit and lyrical brilliance.

 Dark Humour Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Urban
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Critic Reviews

"A blackly comic journey into the abyss . . . Beautifully written . . . Barry is a clarvoyant narrator of the male psyche and a consistent lyrical visionary . . . What distinguishes this book beyond its humour, terror and beauty of description is its moral perception . . . It is a plunging spiritual immersion into the parlous souls of wrongful men" (Alan Warner)
"I devoured Night Boat to Tangier. I loved the potent truth of it all, drenched in damage and romance. The Barry turn of phrase is a true wonder of this world" (MAX PORTER)
"It’s a Kevin Barry novel, so the brilliance is expected; everything else is a brilliant surprise" (RODDY DOYLE)
"The novel 2019 has been waiting for – a masterpiece delivered by a glittering talent at the peak of his powers. It leaves the rest of the class looking somewhat underpowered and unambitious, perhaps even a bit shop-worn . . . If Beatlebone was his breakout work, Night Boat to Tangier should cement the Irishman’s place among the literary elite"
"If prose were gold and diamonds there’d be thousands of hell-bent prospectors heading for the Black Hills of Kevin Barry’s glistening, sparkling novel" (SEBASTIAN BARRY)
"Barry is riding the waves with Night Boat to Tangier . . . Reminiscent of Waiting for Godot"
"Extremely talented creator, Kevin Barry, has a fine instinct for the sweet spot where the comforting familiarities of genre blend into the surprises and provocations of art . . . Powerfully evoked"
"Brilliantly funny and terrifying at once, I was completely lost inside its dark craziness. Barry blends glorious voluptuous prose with entrancing storytelling" (TESSA HADLEY)
"Captures male friendship with rare brilliance . . . The pair’s vaudevillian patter, dancing back and forth with an irrepressibly buoyant Irish rhythm, reminds you of Didi and Gogo in Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, while their gleefully ominous threats of violence bristle off the page in a way that recalls Harold Pinter or Martin McDonagh . . . Startlingly good"
"Two ageing Irish drug smugglers sit in a Spanish ferry terminal trading absurd jokes and quasi-philosophical banter in this tautly written novel"
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A great, great talent. Mesmerisingly read by the author. Will make you want to stop and rewind with great frequency as the beauty of his language washes over you. And made me want to get the paper version as well because this book is truly a keeper.

What an outstanding book

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I struggled to get through this to be honest. There wasn't a story as such, just old men rambling. The narrator, who's also the author, was soothing to listen to.

I found the story unbearably boring

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