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Garrett Carr was born in Donegal and now lives in Belfast with his family. He teaches Creative Writing in Queen's University. www.garrettcarr.net
THE RULE OF THE LAND: WALKING IRELAND'S BORDER
“Great writing about landscape and history”
Colm Tóibín
“Garrett Carr engages a mapmaker’s eye and a writer’s sensibility to create a great book”
The Irish Times
“It is Carr's contention that Ireland is more divided than any of us suspected — not in two but in three: north, south and borderland. The third state is opened up in this marvellous book”
The Daily Telegraph
“Timely, informative and often very funny”
Tom Holland
“Packed with interest – varied and fun to read”
Times Literary Supplement
“A journey into the potency of politics and history woven through place”
The Scotsman
“As definitive an account of the line as you will ever read”
The Guardian
“Powerfully captures the often desolate beauty of the border landscape in language that is both robust, yet lyrical”
David Park
“Carr has the eye of a scientist, and a poet’s facility with words”
Irish Independent
“From ancient defensive monuments to newly-built peace bridges, he gently uncoils themes of land, home, and power. Carr is also a mapmaker and the precision of his writing is matched by the nine remarkable maps he produces to illustrate the border”
Irish Examiner
"Carr is an observant and courageous traveller, with a wide knowledge of nature, geology, archaeology, history, politics and people, and an easy, often humorous writing style that brings the sometimes reviled, often ill-reported Irish border region to vivid life"
The Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland
“Reminiscent of Tim Robinson's response to landscape and what dwells within”
Sunday Times
“It is to all our benefit that Carr has fashioned a glittering, mysterious and satisfying record of such a timely expedition”
Culture Northern Ireland
“Reveals that the border is not just a line between Northern Ireland and the Republic, but has a character of its own, populated by frontier people. An exceptional read”
Sunday Independent
“The place is rich indeed in life and stone, and I have seldom encountered line drawings as clear and beautiful and photographs as fine as those that appear in this brilliant guide to the border”
Literary Review
THE BADNESS OF BALLYDOG
“A born storyteller.”
The Times
“One of the most imaginative debut children's novels I've read in a long time … Carr's writing is a joy - confident, muscular and fearless.”
The Irish Independent
“Cracking story.”
The Irish Times
And LOST DOGS
“Twists ordinary life into something rich and strange”
The Times
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