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“A consistently surprising, evocative, almost impossible to put down, and gloriously original work.”Booklist

A stunning debut novel from the Northern Irish poet Eoghan Walls,The Gospel of Orlais the coming-of-age story of a young girl, Orla, and theman she meets who has an astonishing andunique ability.

It is alsoa road novel that takes us across the north of England after the two flee Orlas village together.Here the mysteries of faith charge full bore into the vagaries of contemporary mores. A humorous, wise, deeply human and sometimes breathtaking work of lyricalfiction.

A melancholic, funny, and magical coming-of-age story,The Gospel of Orlais glorious, wise, and totally weird. I loved it.Annie Hartnett, author ofUnlikely Animals

“Utterly convincing and fresh and original.”Colm Tibn, author ofThe Magician

“In his debut novel, poet Eoghan Walls imagines the intersection of the material and the mystic. . . . As the troubled teenager ricochets between circus illusion and divine touch, she and the reader are beckoned to ponder where magic ends and miracles begin.”Kia Corthron, author ofMoon and the Mars