Two brothers -- a Dublin lawyer in his thirties and a twenty-two-year-old chess prodigy -- navigate their father's death and the unexpected relationships that emerge from the space grief creates.
About This Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A National Indie BestsellerShort-listed for the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year | Long-listed for the DUBLIN Literary AwardNamed a Best Book of the Year and a Critics’ Pick by The New York Times | Named an Essential Read by The New Yorker | Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, Financial Times, Vogue, The Guardian, Harper’s Bazaar, Vox, The Times (UK), Apple Books, and more | A USA Today, People, and Associated Press Top 10
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want to feel something deeply, books that stay with you long after the last page. The writing rewards attention without being demanding, a good balance of depth and readability. It takes its time, and that's the point. Patience is rewarded. If you prefer to read at arm's length, this one may get too close.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something moving and emotionally resonant, and a read that's slow and deeply immersive.
What It Explores
Intermezzo explores love in its most complicated forms, family in all its complexity — inherited and chosen, and loss and what remains after it.
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