Four Letters Of Love: The international bestseller, now a major film starring Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan

· Macmillan Digital Audio · Narrated by Gerry O'Brien
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When I was twelve years old God spoke to my father for the first time. God didn't say much. He told my father to be a painter and left it at that . . . ' So begins Niall Williams' magical tale about love and destiny.

Nicholas Coughlan and Isabel Gore were made for each other -- but fate doesn't always take the easiest or the most obvious route to true love. For a start, Nicholas and Isabel have never met and nor are they likely to, without some kind of divine intervention. But as God, ghosts, a series of coincidences and seemingly chance events and encounters conspire to bring the couple together, other -- often more human -- forces attempt to keep them apart. 'What will be, will be,' of course, but that doesn't guarantee a happy-ever-after ending, nor answer the question 'Will they, won't they?'

Written in a lyrical, lilting tone, Four Letters of Love is a glorious, uplifting story about faith, about seizing the moment, believing in your instincts and acting on impulse -- and about following your heart, no matter where it may lead.

When I was twelve years old God spoke to my father for the first time. God didn't say much. He told my father to be a painter and left it at that . . . ' So begins Niall Williams' magical tale about love and destiny. Nicholas Coughlan and Isabel Gore were made for each other -- but fate doesn't ...

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Niall Marshall
May 22, 2025
A nice story of love, human frailties, faith, whether real or in the past, delusion. I'm glad i listened to it but it dragged on a bit until the last two hours. I would have given it four stars as the same were it not for an annoying feature of the narrator's speech. It was unnatural and apparently put-on for an Irishman. He used the English sound for the letter r throughout: 'drawh' for 'drawer', 'dawh' for 'door', 'letta' for 'letter', etc etc. It was highly irritating in its falseness because it lasted for hours. What a pity, as he was otherwise a very good narrator.
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Niall Williams was born in 1958 and lives in Kiltumper, Ireland, with his wife Christine and their two children. He is the author of three other novels, including, most recently, Only Say the Word.
Niall Williams was born in 1958 and lives in Kiltumper, Ireland, with his wife Christine and their two children. He is the author of three other novels, including, most recently, Only Say the Word.

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