A brilliant debut." -Margot Livesey, author of The Boy in The Field " The Elephant of Belfast is a lovely book about a fascinating piece of history, and its two heroines-animal and human-are enthralling and beautifully drawn. Walsh has written a novel of deep affection and knife-edge suspense. From their first meeting, Hettie is determined to protect Violet and as dangers mount, we cannot help cheering on her devotion and her resourcefulness. Only the best novels do that, and the very fine Elephant of Belfast belongs in that rank." -Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walk "The Elephant of Belfast boasts not one but two dauntless heroines: Hetty, a young Irish zookeeper and Violet, a young Indian elephant. There's so much life in these pages, life as well as death-we're in wartime Belfast, dear reader, and the Luftwaffe is dropping bombs-that I couldn't help but feel changed by the end, experienced. " The Elephant of Belfast knocked me flat and picked me up, not just once but many times over the course of S.
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