The Trout

From the award-winning author of The Sea and the Silence comes "a superbly crafted psychological thriller" of a man searching for his own secret past (Dermot Bolger, author of An Ark of Light). Writer Alex Smith was born in Ireland, but after making a life with his wife in rural Canada, he has little connection to the old country. Then he opens the mail and is shocked to see a trout fishing fly--a sight that awakens dark and disturbing memory. The image of himself killing a man grows so strong it threatens both his marriage and his stability. Determined to find out what this new recollection means, Alex returns alone to Ireland, where he must search for answers and confront his bitterly estranged father. But as he desperately wades through the murky waters of his past, more devastating revelations from his childhood come to the surface--and soon Alex finds himself caught in a mystery of shame, anger and betrayal that has haunted him for far too long . . . A novel of great literary beauty and tense psychological suspense, The Trout is "a well-crafted, crisply written, gripping story" of predators and prey, deception, and the hidden crimes that can shape a life (Irish Times).

About the Author :
Peter Cunningham is an award-winning novelist and newspaper columnist, who won the Prix de l'Europe and the Prix Caillou for his historical novel The Sea and the Silence. He is a member of Aosdana, the Irish Academy for Arts and Letters, and he lives with his wife in County Kildare, Ireland.Jeff Harding is an American actor based in Britain. He is regularly seen in film and television, but he also maintains interest in fringe theatre. He is particularly active in radio and voice-over, having narrated over six hundred audiobooks in the UK for more than thirty years. In addition to acting, he has competed in rowing for many years-a sport he considers particularly appropriate for the narrator of Ben Hur.

Review :
"Cunningham . . . knows how to tell an absorbing and intricate story. The charm of this novel, which has metaphorical fly-fishing advice woven through its pages, lies in beautifully rendered observations of small, still moments . . . Cunningham is a writer who knows exactly how to cast line after line with a deftness and grace that summon the truth from the depths of the past up to the surface." --The New York Times "A superbly crafted psychological thriller . . . Packed with canny and uncanny insight, The Trout grows into a mesmerizing read." --Dermot Bolger, author of An Ark of Light 'A poet walks through these pages weaving time past and time present into sadness and grace." --Paul Lynch, author of Red Sky in the Morning "[A] thoughtful, exquisitely told tale." --Publishers Weekly "A well-crafted, crisply written, gripping story." --Irish Times