Solace

Winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Winner of the Sunday Independent Best Newcomer Award
Bord Gais Energy Irish Book of the Year

Solace by Belinda McKeon is a dazzling story of love, family and divided loyalties.

Mark Casey did not expect to fall in love. But from the minute he saw Joanne Lynch across the garden of a Dublin pub, it seemed that nothing else was possible.

But Mark is also drawn back - guiltily - to his family and the land they have farmed for generations, and when he discovers the truth behind a family feud, it threatens to destroy this passionate love affair.

'A novel of quiet power, filled with moments of carefully told truth' - Colm Toibin, author of Long Island

'Elegant, consuming and richly inspired. Superb' - Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon

Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Paperback / softback | 352 pages | Published November 2025