The Spirit of the River

Wonderful and beautifully written. -- John Boorman We are lulled by the beauty and serenity of the river as much as by crystalline prose and singular focus -- Alan Gilsenan This is a mystical and, at times, comforting novel, which explores the beauty of nature, and the loss and death that come hand in hand with it. -- Lasairíona Scarff * Paper Lanterns * The prose is as beautiful as it is visual. Perhaps this is because so much of the shared knowledge isn’t retrieved from books. It’s from experiencing an environment first-hand. -- Daniel Seery * Dublin Inquirer * [Murphy's] lush, evocative, explorations gently lead us along in his pursuit as we encounter dabbling mallards, flitting wagtails, bobbing dippers, single-parent woodpeckers and countless other creatures. This gentle breeze of curiosity is ideally aligned with these contemplative, slow-flow, times. * Totally Dublin *