The Little Red Chairs

The legendary Edna O''Brien''s tale of a mysterious stranger spellbinding an Irish village ''reminds you why you read books in the first place'' (Observer).''The great Edna O''Brien has written her masterpiece.'' Philip Roth''Extraordinary . . . Courageous.'' J.M. Coetzee''Fierce and beautiful.'' Anne Enright''Exemplary.'' Colm Tóibín ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES'' TOP 100 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYWhen a man who calls himself a faith healer arrives in a small, west-coast Irish village, the community is soon under the spell of this charismatic stranger from the Balkans. One woman in particular, Fidelma McBride, becomes enthralled in a fatal attraction that leads to unimaginable consequences. ''Magnificent'' (Sunday Times)''Beautiful'' (Financial Times)''Enthralling'' (Times)''Extraordinary'' (Independent)''Astonishing'' (New Yorker)