Days Without End
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction | 2017 | Winner |
| Costa Book of the Year | 2016 | Winner |
| Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction | 2016 | Shortlist |
| Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction | 2011 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Sebastian Barry's novel is set during the Indian Wars and American Civil War, narrated by Thomas McNulty, a young Irishman who enlists in the US Army alongside his beloved friend John Cole and together they survive massacre, war, and hardship while protecting a Native American girl, Winona. The novel won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction in 2017 and the Costa Novel Award — Barry's second Walter Scott win, making him the only author to win the prize twice.
About the Author
Sebastian Barry is an Irish novelist, playwright, and poet widely regarded as one of Ireland's foremost living writers. Born in Dublin in 1955, he studied at Trinity College Dublin and has written across forms, producing an interconnected body of fiction and drama that revisits Irish history through the lives of fictional families — most notably the Dunne and McNulty clans. His novels include The Secret Scripture (2008), winner of the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; On Canaan's Side (2012), which won the Walter Scott Prize; Days Without End (2016), which also won the Walter Scott Prize (making him the only author to win that prize twice), the Costa Novel Award, and the Walter Scott Prize; and A Long Long Way (2005) and The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty (1998). Read more →
