Paperback edition of the latest novel from the Costa Prize winning author of }The Secret Scripture{. Spanning a whole life time, it's narrated by Lily Bere as she mourns the loss of her grandson and looks back at her early life in Dublin and her move to the new world of America. It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. 'A work of lyrical beauty, a big-hearted story of a woman at the end of her long and difficult life.' Amy Raphael, }The Times OLD GOD'S TIME (MARCH 2023), SEBASTIAN BARRY'S STUNNING NEW NOVEL, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW'As they used to say in Ireland, the devil only comes into good things.'Narrated by Lilly Bere, On Canaan's Side opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill.