Novel of the Year 2004

"By far the most memorable novel of the year for me was Gerard Beirne's wonderful TheEskimo in the Net...Just like the central character, Jim Gallagher, the reader is drawn into the depths of both a mystery and a personal voyage of discovery... Wonderful clear prose andsensitive observation in a tough environment make this an outstanding debut work, scandalously ignored by this year's Man Booker judges."

- Graham Ball (Literary Editor, The Daily Express, 2003).