Twist

**The instant Irish Times top 5 bestseller**<BR><BR>'Urgent and utterly compelling' KEVIN BARRY<BR>'Twist lingers long after you've put it down' GUARDIAN<BR>'A Gatsby tale for the internet age' ANNA FUNDER<BR>'One of our greatest storytellers' ELIF SHAFAK<BR>'Masterful ... A surprising, electric book' IRISH TIMES<BR><BR>Anthony Fennell, a journalist, is in pursuit of a story buried at the bottom of the sea: the network of tiny fibre-optic tubes that carry the world's information across the ocean floor - and what happens when they break. <BR><BR>So he has travelled to Cape Town to board the George Lecointe, a cable repair vessel captained by Chief of Mission John Conway. Conway is a talented engineer and fearless freediver - and Fennell is quickly captivated by this mysterious, unnerving man and his beautiful partner, Zanele. <BR><BR>As the boat embarks along the west coast of Africa, Fennell learns the rhythms of life at sea. But as the mission falters, tensions simmer - and Conway is thrown into crisis by a terrible, violent tragedy unfolding in the life he has left behind on land. <BR><BR>Then Conway disappears; and Fennell must set out to find him. <BR><BR>As taut and propulsive as a thriller, and a timeless exploration of narrative and truth, Twist is the work of a master storyteller at the height of his powers.