Restless Souls by Dan Sheehan

The Blurb On The Back:

After three years embedded in the Siege of Sarajevo, war correspondent Tom returns to Dublin a haunted shell of his former self. His childhood friends Karl and Baz know they’re laughably unqualified to help him, but are determined to see him through the darkness. Together, they embark on a journey for an unlikely cure, to an experimental Californian clinic called Restless Souls.

But as they try to save Tom from his memories, they must confront their own – of what happened to their childhood friend Gabriel. And in doing so, they must ask how their raucously funny teenage souls became weighed down – and why life got so damn complicated and sad.

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The Verdict:

Dan Sheehan’s debut literary novel is an uneasy mix of road trip adventure, Irish comedy and war diary that features some strong and at times hilarious dialogue and some moving individual scenes on male friendship but Tom’s reasons for going to Sarajevo are thin and the suicide little more than a plot point while it’s unfortunate that the female characters are literally girlfriends and mothers.

RESTLESS SOULS will be released in the United Kingdom on 8th February 2018. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.