“After we hung up I realized that I’d reflexively risen to my feet and stayed that way throughout our long chat. The Long Call episode 1 review: a slow-starting seaside drama thatll hook you by the end While the ITV drama starring Ben Aldridge and Pearl Mackie initially appears to be a typical. “My thoughts were racing back through the decade-plus of writing ‘The Covenant of Water,’ during which time my mother died, and Covid had descended on us,” he said. Verghese said in a statement that receiving the call from Winfrey, the dream of countless authors, felt like a “miracle.” Now a major ITV series, The Long Call, adapted for television by screenwriter Kelly Jones and starring Ben Aldridge.

I couldn’t put the book down until the very last page - it was unputdownable!” Many moments during the read I had to stop and remember to breathe. Show more Genres Mystery Fiction Crime Audiobook Mystery Thriller British Literature Thriller. And I’ve been reading since I was 3,” Winfrey said in a statement. An astonishing new novel told with compassion and searing insight, The Long Call will captivate fans of Vera and Shetland, as well as new readers. “This is one of the top five books I’ve read in my lifetime.

Set along the North Devon coastline, the body of a man with a stab wound is found on the beach. Verghese’s current book is a multigenerational saga set in India from 1900-1977. The Long Call is a deeply engrossing story by Ann Cleeves. “The Covenant of Water,” published Tuesday, is Verghese’s first work of fiction since his million-selling “Cutting for Stone” came out in 2009. NEW YORK (AP) - The long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, “The Covenant of Water,” is Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick. It’s groundbreaking in its way, and feels a good deal more honest than the police dramas that chuck in lesbian affairs as a bit of window-dressing (Vigil, I’m looking at you). This cover image released by Grove Atlantic shows 'The Covenant of Water' by Abraham Verghese.

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