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O Now!

From the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE and THIS IS HAPPINESS
By Niall Williams
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A wise, tender, life-affirming return to the beloved town of Faha by the award-winning master of Irish literature This is the why of us. October in the parish of Faha, County Clare – the beginning of the season of spirits. Four nights a week, Bat Considine... Read More
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A wise, tender, life-affirming return to the beloved town of Faha by the award-winning master of Irish literature

A wise, tender, life-affirming return to the beloved town of Faha by the award-winning master of Irish literature

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A wise, tender, life-affirming return to the beloved town of Faha by the award-winning master of Irish literature

This is the why of us.

October in the parish of Faha, County Clare – the beginning of the season of spirits.

Four nights a week, Bat Considine calls on his neighbour Mossie Crowe; a beloved widower known to all in the townland of Faha as Ganga. They sit by the fire and, as Bat reads the newspaper aloud, wait to see which of them will die first.

But this week, Bat will make a discovery that changes this routine forever. In the coming days, Ganga’s small community will gather, and his family will travel home from far away; to celebrate a quiet life, in all its miracles.

Funny, beautiful, transcendent and wise, O Now! leads readers back down the road that leads to Faha – and explores what it means to live a meaningful life, and what it means to leave it behind.

Praise for Niall Williams:

‘I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams’ — Ann Patchett

‘Makes the reader want to underline something on every page’ Financial Times

‘Infectiously hopeful’ Daily Telegraph

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ISBN: 9781037203534

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 96

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About the Author

Niall Williams was born in Dublin in 1958. His critically acclaimed and bestselling fiction has been shortlisted for the Irish Times Literature Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the IMPAC Award. Williams’ debut novel Four Letters of Love, an international bestseller, has been adapted by the author for screen and will star Helena Bonham-Carter, Pierce Brosnan and Gabriel Byrne. His most recent novel Time of the Child was an instant Irish Times bestseller and was awarded the Kerry Group Novel of the Year Award. He lives in Kiltumper in County Clare, with his wife, Christine.
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