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Mar 10, 2023 · Joseph O’Connor’s new novel, My Father’s House, is two things: a twisty thriller whose outcome is hard to guess; and an exquisitely rendered piece of literature from a masterful writer.
- Jenni Frazer
- The Monstrous Evil
- The Papal Edict
- Faith & Doubt
The villain of the piece is Obersturmbannführer Paul Hauptmann who I would have thought was based directly on the real-life Nazi monster Herbert Kappler, the man responsible for the Ardeatine massacre amongst other crimes but O’Connor is keen to distance his creation from such a supposition. “He isn’t,” O’Connor insists. “My character strays so far...
One of the novel’s memorable scenes finds the Pope himself berating O’Flaherty for going against Vatican policy. To be fair to the real Pope Pius XII – not a sentence I ever expected to type - he had, as Pius XI’s Secretary Of State, protested against Nazi actions and helped draft the Mit brennender Sorge encyclical which challenged Nazi ideology i...
Returning to the character of O’Flaherty, I asked O’Connor about the kind of faith that drove him, something that I find admirable despite not possessing it myself. “I had a religious phase when I was in my middle teens and then I was an atheist for decades. Now, I’m a doubting believer or a believing doubter. I have a religious impulse, but I am n...
Based on an extraordinary true story, My Father’s House is a powerful literary thriller from a master of historical fiction. Joseph O’Connor has created an unforgettable novel of love, faith and sacrifice, and what it means to be truly human in the most extreme circumstances.
Jul 14, 2022 · We’re thrilled that Harvill Secker will be publishing an extraordinary trilogy of literary thrillers set in Rome during the final, tumultuous years of World War II, by the bestselling author of SHADOWPLAY and STAR OF THE SEA, Joseph O’Connor.
Best-selling author Joseph O’Connor talks about his highly-anticipated new novel, MY FATHER’S HOUSE, an atmospheric and absorbing historical thrilled set dur...
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Feb 4, 2023 · O’Connor’s latest work, My Father’s House, follows a group of activists who run an escape line in Nazi-occupied Rome. Joseph O'Connor: 'Characters I write based on real figures are always my...
Jan 21, 2023 · My Father’s House is paced like a crime thriller, with lots of single-sentence paragraphs to build up the suspense: “The fox of his fears prowls a carpet of broken glass”; “A baker’s ...
