Restless Souls

by Dan Sheehan

Restless Souls turns genre inside out . . . it never stops being a page-turner' Colum McCann After three years embedded in the Siege in Sarajevo, war correspondent Tom returns to Dublin a haunted shell of his former self. Laughably unqualified, but determined to see him through the darkness, his childhood friends Karl and Baz embark on a journey for an unlikely cure, to an experimental Californian clinic called Restless Souls. But as they try to save Tom from his memories, they are forced to confront their own - of what happened to the lost member of their group, Gabriel. 'Ambitious, rambunctious and extremely accomplished' Sunday Times 'A bawdy, alive, profane panegyric to the indissoluble bonds of friendship' Colin Barrett 'The funniest sad book I've read in a long time' J. Robert Lennon 'A tender, banter-filled debut' Daily Mail 'Sheehan is a brave new voice in fiction, fusing comedy and heart to explore a friendship transformed by trauma' Alexandra Kleeman

Paperback

Published January 10, 2019

Reviews

[Cindy Teruya · Rating 5 out of 5]

This novel will simultaneously break and warm your heart. The characters are fully realized and their inner lives so artfully explored. I was completely swept up into their world, and a mark of any extremely well written and engrossing novel, found it hard to say goodbye to characters by the time I finished reading it. The story will take you on a full and deeply gratifying journey of friendship, family, love, loss, and brokenness with humor, ache, and triumph.

[Evelyn Sherlock · Rating 3 out of 5]

Exploration of PTSD and apparently experimental therapy. I wasn't keen

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tom goes to Sarajevo because he wants to be a war journalist. In the present Karl is Tom's best mate and wants to take Tom to America to get help with severe PTSD.