Minds of Winter

Minds of Winter is a remarkable feat of imagination, empathy, and research. Past and present merge to convey the polar landscape's immense mysteries, and the lives of those voyagers compelled to seek answers in its icy expanses. Ed O'Loughlin is a skilled cartographer of both the Arctic and the human heart. What a magnificent novel.A novel wondrous in its tone and reach. - Irish TimesA spellbinding tale of adventures and explorers, spies and outlaws, of derring-do, self-sacrifice and impossible feats of endurance . . . In the sheer brio of its storytelling, it brings to mind Salman Rushdie's The Enchantress of Florence or David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas - profound, yes, but terrific fun, too. - Irish Examiner[A] brilliant paean to the obsessions of the polar explorers . . . stupendously good. - AustralianIntricately structured . . . thoroughly researched . . . The Arctic itself is a central character. - Times Literary SupplementIn both concept and execution the novel is a serious piece of work at once vastly entertaining and ambitious. - Sunday TimesA compelling and hugely ambitious novel. - Mail on SundayAn extraordinary tale that warps actual history into something conjoined, poetic and thrilling . . . [A] marvel of a novel. - Independent on Sunday