Second books come with a sense of heightened expectation. The Magician (Viking, September) by Colm Tóibín tells the story of the 20th century through one life, that of Thomas Mann. Having won the Women's Prize for Fiction with her debut, The Glorious Heresies, and the Encore Award for its sequel, The Blood Miracles, Lisa McInerney completes her Cork-set sex, drugs and rock'n'roll trilogy with The Rules of Revelation (John Murray, May). Keith Ridgway follows up Hawthorn & Child (2013) with A Shock (Picador, June), interlocking stories through which flit a clutch of loosely connected characters on the fringes of London life, often clinging on to sanity, solvency or a story by their fingertips. Kevin Power, acclaimed author of Bad Day at Blackrock (2008), adapted for the screen as What Richard Did, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, returns with White City (Scribner, April), a novel about a life spinning out of control, without the bedrock of familial love, corrupted by material wealth. Some of the authors to look forward to in 2021: Ed O'Loughlin, Sinéad O’Connor, Lisa McInerney, Danielle McLaughlin, Neil Jordan, Claire Keegan, Conor O’Callaghan and Keith Ridgway Small Things Like These (Faber, October) will be Claire Keegan’s first new work since her novella Foster, still a bestseller 10 years on. Her publisher says: "An exquisite wintery parable, Claire Keegan's long-awaited return tells the story of a simple act of courage and tenderness, in the face of conformity, fear and judgment." Small Things Like These (Faber, October) will be Claire Keegan's first new work since her novella Foster, still a bestseller 10 years on.
New work that has been a long time coming generates a particular shiver of anticipation.
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