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O Now!

by Niall Williams

A question carried through Faha

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A question carried through Faha

In the Irish town of Faha, Bat’s question about why God created the earth takes on new weight after his friend Ganga dies. As the community gathers to honor Ganga, Bat’s search for an answer becomes a way of confronting loss and considering what gives life meaning. The story brings friendship, shared mourning, and spiritual questioning together in a small-town setting. The edition also includes an essay by Niall Williams about the creation and legacy of Faha.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in fiction set in a small Irish town and shaped by community life.
  • Those drawn to stories about friendship, bereavement, and questions of faith or life’s meaning.
  • Readers familiar with Williams’s Faha novels, or interested in the setting’s background essay.

Themes

FriendshipGrief and communal mourningFaith and life’s meaningSmall-town community

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Book overview

From novelist Niall Williams, bestselling author of Time of the Child and This Is Happiness, a new story set in the small Irish town of Faha, exploring love, loss, and the "why" of life

Mossie Crowe, known as "Ganga," is that rare man who is beloved by everyone who knows him and is particularly cherished by his best friend, Bat. On one ordinary October day, Bat interrupts their usual evening tea to ask Ganga why God created the earth. But when Ganga passes away that night, Bat finds himself at a loss, without his friend and without an answer to his question. Over the next days, as all of Faha comes to care for and honor the body of the man they loved, Bat begins a new journey towards understanding life, death, and love.

A tender exploration of life's many meanings, O Now! is a perfect gift for readers who loved Niall Williams' previous Faha novels and features an all-new essay from Niall exploring Faha's creation and legacy.

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