The Visit by Neil Tully: ‘Brilliant and intriguing’
A life in books | 08.04.2026 14:20
Neil Tully’s The Visit is the first book I’ve read published by Bonnier Books’s Dublin-based imprint, Eriu. Given that it was launched in 2022, I’ve no idea how I’ve managed to overlook it but I’m looking forward to exploring more of its output if Tully’s debut is a typical sample. Set in in June 1963, the month of President Kennedy’s visit to his ancestral County Wexford homestead, Tully’s novel follows Sergeant Jim Field whose concern for a young man ostracised by his community becomes more pressing by the day.
