"Turtle is a new novel by Gerard Beirne. It’s a sprawling, surreal allegory about a small town where the identical cycle of events recurs generation after generation, until a stranger slides into town and threatens to change everything. Beirne is an exciting addition to the Canadian literary scene."
Gerard Beirne is an Irish writer living in Canada. His novel The Eskimo in the Net (Marion Boyars Publishers, London) was shortlisted for The Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award 2004 and was selected by the Literary Editor of the Daily Express as his Book of the Year 2004.
His collection of poems Digging My Own Grave (Dedalus Press, Dublin) had previously won second place in The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award.
He is the recipient of two Sunday Tribune/Hennessey Awards including New Irish Writer of the Year.
His short story Sightings of Bono was adapted for film featuring Bono (U2) - released on DVD in 2004 and published as a Paprika Short by Scritturapura Editore, Italy.
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