A quarter of a million Irish men joined the British army and fought in the trenches in the First World War, and over 32,000 died. Tom Phelan's gripping novel The Canal Bridge tells the story of two Irish stretcher-bearers as they try to survive the slaughterhouse that was Europe between 1914 and 1918.
On one level, the book deals with young Irish men caught up in the war and the lovers and families they leave behind. On another level, it questions why Ireland's First World War veterans do not occupy an honored place in the pantheon of Irish heroes.
"A powerful and deeply affecting novel."
–Books Ireland
"Another First World War masterpiece…An ambitious, accomplished
and deeply moving contribution to Ireland's formidable corpus of fiction
about the Great War.
–Irish Independent
"Incredibly moving story…The writing is consistently stunning." –Irish Echo
"Phelan is a marvelous storyteller…Don’t miss out on a
great contemporary author."
–Irish Eyes (Paris)
"The Canal Bridge sings and weeps…Thrilling."
–Celtic Connection
"A masterful story…Must be ranked among the more successful of the
novels dealing with the First World War."
–Irish Emigrant
ISBN: 1 84351 075 8
Published by the Lilliput Press, Dublin
