Truth or Fiction - Couverture rigide

Roddy Doyle has called her "the best writer in Ireland" and I'm not going to argue. Any novel by the great Johnston is an event...wisdom, pinpoint observation and elegance...even the surprises are surprising...richly satisfying (Kate Saunders, The Times)

Johnston writes with exquisite precision, yet scenes and characters are brought vividly before our eyes...An Irish masterpiece in miniature...in the same class as William Trevor - that is, head and shoulders above most writers at work today (Scotsman)

Jennifer Johnston is not just one of Ireland's best living writers, she is one of the best, full stop...A masterpiece (Irish News)

Irresistible (Times Literary Supplement)

[Caroline's] journey into [Desmond's] murky past is beautifully written and builds to a glorious grand finale (Saga Magazine)

Quiveringly tender and sensitive...as perfect and as minutely aware as ever (Sunday Independent)

A brilliant story of the secrets we keep.

When journalist Caroline Wallace is asked to go to Dublin to meet Desmond Fitzmaurice, a literary giant of the thirties, she finds it hard to care about a writer whose star faded a very long time ago.   And, although interviewing Desmond seems like a timely escape from the pressures of London, not to mention a startling marriage proposal, it’s hard to believe this charming old man’s past contains 'lots of sex and some violence' as he promises.   But beneath the surface of Desmond's quiet life lies a story more mysterious than Caroline ever bargained for...