A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2023 IN IRISH TIMES, RTÉ GUIDE AND SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
A sweeping and unforgettable interwar love story, from the Costa-shortlisted and bestselling Irish author of Life Sentences
1980s Cork. Jack Shine is sorting through his mother''s belongings when he discovers a shoe box full of love letters and newspaper clippings. Jack''s mother, Rebekah, was a young woman when the Second World War broke out, and she came to Cork alone as a Jewish refugee from Vienna. She died when Jack was young, and he never learned of his father''s identity. So, who wrote these love letters to Rebekah and why did she keep newspaper clippings about a famous Austrian footballer player? Who was ''The Paper Man''?
As Jack begins to uncover the story of his mother''s life, he is transported to 1930s Vienna, a bustling, cosmopolitan city on the brink of war. At the heart of the action is Matthias Sindelar, one of the most fam
