The Gathering

by Anne Enright

In Enright’s Booker Prize-winning novel, a group of Irish siblings gather for the wake for their wayward brother Liam. A thoughtful and sometimes darkly funny saga of a dysfunctional family.

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The Gathering

by Anne Enright

Other books by Anne Enright

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright

Actress: A Novel by Anne Enright

The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright

Our most recommended books

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Beloved by Toni Morrison

James: A Novel by Percival Everett

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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The Wren, The Wren
by Anne Enright

Actress: A Novel
by Anne Enright

The Forgotten Waltz
by Anne Enright

Dracula
by Bram Stoker

Middlemarch
by George Eliot

Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë

Beloved
by Toni Morrison

James: A Novel
by Percival Everett

Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver