Keiran Goddard – författare

A short, exquisite novel about love, loss and making sense of the world - as heartbreakingly moving as it is outrageous and funny

''A universal love story'' Guardian

''Beautiful, funny, profound ... read it in one glowing session'' New Statesman

''A book for anyone who ever has been or ever will be heartbroken. So that''s everyone.'' Hollie McNish

Love builds up little by little and that''s why it makes people reach for words like root and sediment and other words to do with rocks and trees. But what about the dismantling? Does it happen that way too? Because it feels like it is happening much, much faster. And I am reaching for words like landslide and like wave and like storm ...Exquisitely crafted, wildly imaginative and as darkly funny as it is moving, Hourglass is a revolutionary love story. It turns time upside down, combs the intimate wreckage of heartbreak for something universal, and asks what it means to lose what you love.

LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2025''Shows us how to love one another and hold on to what matters most'' Tice Cin, author of Keeping the House''Striking, moving, subtly radical'' Guardian''Confirms Goddard as one of the best writers of our time'' Lucia Osborne-Crowley, author of The Lasting HarmPatrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli and Conor grew up together. They played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of everything they''d do with their lives.Now they are thirty, and only Rian has made it out of the estate and moved away to another city, but his money doesn''t stop him clinging to a vision of the past that is quickly slipping away. Oli is fading by the day, drinking and snorting his way through the endless boredom, while Conor has a baby on the way and a business plan he hopes will change everything. Patrick and Shiv are as in love as ever, but even they are rocked when an old secret opens up new wounds ...