Alex Peake-Tomkinson

Ghosts of the past: Old God’s Time, by Sebastian Barry, reviewed

Painful memories resurface for a retired detective when his help is sought with a cold case murder

Sebastian Barry. [Getty Images]
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    Sebastian Barry

    Faber, pp. 300, £18

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