Sebastian Barry writes literary and historical fiction about Irish families whose private histories are entangled with war, migration and political division. The Secret Scripture centres on Roseanne McNulty, an elderly woman in a psychiatric hospital whose account of her past conflicts with the records kept about her. Days Without End follows Thomas McNulty and John Cole through the Indian Wars and the American Civil War, then into a family life that crosses conventional ideas of gender and belonging; A Thousand Moons continues with their adopted daughter Winona. Barry often revisits characters across generations and books, creating a loose family network rather than a single formal series. His prose is lyrical but direct, with strong links to Irish historical fiction, war novels and family sagas. Read more Less
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