David Park

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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books
  • First Book:
    May 2003
  • Latest Book:
    May 2022
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Book List in Order: 13 titles

  • The Big Snow

    When a rare blizzard strikes the north of Ireland in 1963, the inhabitants of one city find their intimate desires thrown into sharp relief. A wife dies before a husband can make his confession; her coffin is pulled to the church by a young man en...

  • The Healing

    A man is shot dead before the eyes of his young son as they work together in the fields near their home - another victim of the violence in Northern Ireland. In the city, a confused and frightened old man grieves for his own loss and for the shattere...

  • Oranges from Spain

    ORANGES FROM SPAIN is a collection of stories about of the trials of growing up in a community where tension, confusion and violence hold sway. Here, among other tales, a youthful seaside romance crosses the religious divide, a gang take turns at th...

  • Swallowing the Sun

    In the museum Martin stands watch over the past. He has travelled a long way from his brutal childhood in the Loyalist heartlands of Belfast and built a life he never imagined he would have - a devoted wife, Alison, two children, Rachel and Tom, a re...

  • The Truth Commissioner

    As Northern Ireland leaves behind a period of bitter violence, part of the continuing peace process focuses on how best to come to terms with the suffering of the past. David Park illustrates how one solution might take shape by inventing a fictional...

  • The Light of Amsterdam

    It is December; Christmas is approaching and the magic of one of Europe's most beautiful cities beckons. A father looks for himself in the past, struggling to deal with a recent divorce, his teenage son in tow. A single, selfless mother accompanies h...

  • The Poets' Wives

    What does it mean to be a poet's wife, his muse and lover, there for the heights of inspiration and the quotidian of the day-to-day, and oftentimes, too, the drudgery of being in a supporting role to "the great man"? In this exquisite and sensitiv...

  • The Rye Man

    Returning to rural Northern Ireland for a fresh start, John Cameron takes on the role of headmaster at his old primary school. But as dark memories are disturbed and his marriage falters, Cameron is left feeling powerless in this fractured community....

  • Stone Kingdoms

    Haunted by the Troubles in Northern Ireland and trapped in a land between the mountains and the sea, Naomi dreams of another life far from the rainy shores of Donegal. When she moves from the rain-swept shores of Ireland to work in a refugee camp in ...



  • Gods and Angels

    A seventeen-year-old boy visits his estranged mother on Boxing Day in a grey seaside town; a university lecturer falls in with a group of older men who inhabit a very different world while trying to learn how to swim; a detective breaks into his form...

  • Travelling in a Strange Land

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2018

    Set in a frozen winter landscape, the new novel from the prize-winning, acclaimed author David Park is a psychologically astute, expertly crafted portrait of a father's inner life and a family in c...

  • A Run in the Park

    'I loved this book' Daily Mail Strangers come together to run. Angela and Brendan are racing towards a wedding day that is increasingly tainted by doubts. Yana runs to free herself from the darkness of the past and to remember her missing brother....

  • Spies in Canaan

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

David Park has published 13 books.

David Park does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Spies in Canaan, was published in May 2022.

The first book by David Park, The Big Snow, was published in May 2003.

No. David Park does not write books in series.
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