Death and Nightingales

Death and Nightingales is a 1992 novel by Irish writer Eugene McCabe.

Plot
1883, County Fermanagh, Ireland. On Beth Winters' twenty-third birthday, decades of pain and betrayal finally build to a devastating climax.

Reception
Michael Ondaatje described Death and Nightingales as "a deeply moving, powerful, and unforgettable book." The Anglo-Celt called it a "modern classic."

Adaptation
In 2018, a three-part television adaptation with the same name, starring Jamie Dornan, Matthew Rhys and Ann Skelly was broadcast. It was produced by Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish's studio, The Imaginarium.