Boy In The World

Literature & Fiction

Niall Williams

Contemporary

HarperCollins, Publishers

Boy and Man

Harpercollins

`When I was twelve years old God spoke to my father for the first time. God didn`t say much. He told my father to be a painter and left it at that... ` So begins Niall Williams` magical tale about love and destiny.
Nicholas Coughlan and Isabel Gore were made for each other -- but fate doesn`t always take the easiest or the most obvious route to true love. For a start, Nicholas and Isabel have never met and nor are they likely to, without some kind of divine intervention. But as God, ghosts, a series of coincidences and seemingly chance events and encounters conspire to bring the couple together, other -- often more human -- forces attempt to keep them apart. `What will be, will be,` of course, but that doesn`t guarantee a happy-ever-after ending, nor answer the question `Will they, won`t they?`
Written in a lyrical, lilting tone, Four Letters of Love is a glorious, uplifting story about faith, about seizing the moment, believing in your instincts and acting on impulse -- and about following your heart, no matter where it may lead.

Four Letters of Love

Pan Books, Ltd.

The compelling stories of two Irish brothers intertwine in a heartfelt novel of destiny, acceptance, tragedy and miracles. A "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year.

WARNER BOOKS

As It Is in Heaven

A man content to let life pass him by, schoolteacher Stephen Griffin is about to experience a miracle. For a string quartet from Venice has arrived in County Clare and, with it, worldly and beautiful violinist Gabriella Castoldi, who inspires love in the awkward Stephen. Although the town's blind musician senses its coming, the greengrocer welcomes its sheer joy, and Stephen's ailing father fears its power, none could have foreseen how the magical force of passion would change not only Stephen's life but, in the most profound and startling ways, the lives of everyone around them. A tale of dreams, life, and love, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN affirms the acclaimed author of Four Letters of Love as one of today's master storytellers.

As it is in Heaven

Picador

Love is not easy, especially if you find the woman of your dreams and then lose her – as Philip Griffin and his son Stephen each discover in turn.
Stephen is just a boy when his mother and sister are killed in a car crash, and his father never recovers from the accident: he wasn’t involved but is consumed by grief, his only desire to be reunited with his wife. Before that happens, though, Philip wants to ensure the happiness of his son, Stephen – now a grown man.
‘As it is in Heaven, Niall Williams’ tale of love and tragedy, will leave you in tears’ Tatler 
‘A bitter-sweet novel about passionate love giving way to commitment, grief to a sort of healing’ Irish Times
‘A tender and sober novel with a faith in romance that is absolute’ Daily Express 
‘Delicious coincidence and tragedy, as extraordinary lives unravel and intertwine’ Guardian

Set in the west of Ireland and Venice, this book features a shy and unconfident schoolteacher and his lovelorn and depressed father whose only desire is to die and join his wife and daughter in heaven.

Only Say the Word

A novel that is simultaneously a universal story about love in all its forms and guises, and an intimate love letter from a husband to his wife Jim Foley loves his parents, his brother, his sister, Dickens and God; later, he loves Kateenough to make her his wife and to shape his life around herand later still, he loves his children, Jack and Hannah. Only Say the Word tells Jims story, and the story of the people and places in his life, as he moves from childhood to marriage and fatherhood, from early days spent in County Clare to early adulthood in America, and back to Clare once more. Deeply personal and written in his lyrical, lilting prose, Niall Williamss fourth novel is about unspoken emotions, undying devotion and blind faithbut, ultimately, about the redeeming, enduring nature of love.

Both a novel and a letter from a husband to his wife, Only Say the Word is a haunting, intimate testament to the enduring nature of love.Jim Foley loves his parents, his brother, his sister, Dickens and God, although not necessarily in that order. Later, he loves Kate, enough to make her his wife; later still, he loves his children, Jack and Hannah. This is Jim's story, from early days spent in County Clare to early adulthood in America, and back to Clare again. Tracing his journey from child, to husband to father, from happy-ever-after to death-do-us-part, from beginnings to endingsand from there to starting afresh once moreit tells of the people and places in Jims life, his hopes, fears and fantasies, his ever-evolving relationships and the books that remain always constant. Deeply-felt, beautifully-told, and written in Niall William's lyrical, lilting prose, Only Say the Word offers both acceptance of the past and hope for the future.

Romance

Jim Foley loves his parents, his brother, his sister, Dickens and God; later, he loves Kate -- enough to make her his wife and to shape his life around her -- and later still, he loves his children, Jack and Hannah. This is Jim's story, from his early days in County Clare to early adulthood in America, and then back to Clare again. From happy-ever-after to death-do-us-part; from beginnings to endings to fresh starts; from child, to husband to father, it is the story of the people and places in Jim's life; the story of his hopes, his fears and fantasies, his ever-evolving relationships and the books that remain always constant, even while his family and future are uncertain. Deeply personal and written in Niall William's lyrical, lilting prose, Only Say the Word is both a love letter and a story about love, in its many forms and guises. About unspoken and unrequited love, about undying devotion, untested or unquestioning faith, about the death of love and loved ones, and the love that outlives them all, about god, home and family, about ties that bind and sometimes divide, about unconditional love and love with strings attached, Williams's fourth novel is ultimately about the redeeming, enduring nature of love -- the belief that, sometimes, when it's all you have, love has to be enough.

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Books by Niall Williams

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Boy In The World

Boy and Man

Four Letters of Love

Four Letters of Love

As it is in Heaven

As It Is in Heaven

As It Is in Heaven

Only Say the Word

Only Say the Word

Only Say the Word