Ciaran West

A Certain Romance Ciaran West

Darkly funny, shocking, heartwarming, brutal, manic, touching, emotional, and exciting - Ciarán West's fourth novel is many things, but it's certainly not a romance, in the traditional sense. Through the lenses of excess, addiction, psychosis, and worse, it tells the story of Tom - a man who has lost everything, is plagued by his demons, and in the grip of the compulsions over which he has no control. Coming back home to a country he no longer recognises, his inevitable downward spiral is halted by a face from fifteen years before - a lost love that was never his to lose in the first place. A glimmer of hope that might be the one thing that can save him. She's the key to what could be a happy future for Tom, but only if he can put his past to rest for good. A Certain Romance is a book that you may find hard to describe to other people, but also one that you'll never forget.