A beguiling debut mixes sin with redemption in NYC

FICTION: The First Day, By Phil Harrison, Fleet €16.99

Redemption, sin and forgiveness are at the heart of this dark and compelling debut novel from Northern Irish screenwriter and director Phil Harrison.

“Forgiveness is everything. There is not a person I have met who would not be relieved by forgiveness. Forgiving others, forgiving themselves, being forgiven.”

The words are those of Samuel Orr, now old, blind and living with his youngest son in ...