{"product_id":"the-newer-world-by-sebastian-barry-out-8-september-2026","title":"The Newer World by Sebastian Barry (out 8 September 2026)","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs1EF720B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs1EFB4FB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt} .cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs982313B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003eAn immersive, sweeping and unforgettable novel of one man's life in the aftermath of the American Civil War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eI knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things . . . were gone forever. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst this rapidly shifting landscape, Tennyson Bouguereau - freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier and wanted man - journeys to find meaning and belonging. From the relative safety of home in Tennessee with his sister Rosalee, he is offered the possibility of a whole new life in Nashville, until a surprising trip to Victorian England changes everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExquisitely rendered, and with a rich cast of characters,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eThe Newer World \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003eis a lyrical, visceral novel about what it is to survive, and what might be lost along the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003e'A masterly work of historical witness and moral reckoning' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e, Fiction to look out for in '26 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eHis work reminds us how much we need these rare gifts of the natural storyteller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eTESSA HADLEY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003e'There's a beautiful looseness to the novel, almost a wildness, the mark of a true, natural storyteller. It's easily among his best works'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eKEVIN BARRY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Barry records a life between worlds, in tender, elegiac prose. This is the novelist at his best: a masterly work of historical witness and moral reckoning' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eALEX PRESTON, Observer, 'Fiction to Watch in 2026'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFROM \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eOLD GOD'S TIME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44502655991896,"sku":"9780571378456","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9780571378456_1.jpg?v=1785910262","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/the-newer-world-by-sebastian-barry-out-8-september-2026","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}