Follow journalist Anthony Fennell aboard the George Lecointe, a cable repair vessel off the African coast, as he uncovers the fragile undersea network connecting the world. With tensions rising, tragedy looming, and a mysterious disappearance, Twist delivers a gripping exploration of narrative, truth, and human vulnerability.

“Urgent and utterly compelling … Wild but controlled, with its deft apparatus mapping our most mysterious 21st century malaise – the great loneliness of the connected world” Kevin Barry

“A powerfully realist novel of men at sea … It speaks of the brokenness of our time, the successful and unsuccessful attempts at repairs, and the vulnerability of our world” Salman Rushdie

Dr Deirdre Flynn is a lecturer in 21st Century Literature at MIC Limerick, where she is director of the new BA in English and Drama, and co-ordinator of the MA in Modern English Literature. She is an executive member of the inaugural Young Academy of Ireland at the Royal Academy of Ireland. She has published widely on Irish Studies, Migration, Precarity, Contemporary literature, and Literary Urban Studies. Her co-edited collection, Austerity and Irish women’s writing and culture 1980-2020 with Dr Ciara Murphy was published with Routledge in 2022. She is currently working onThe Routledge Handbook of Motherhood on Screen (2025) with Dr Susan Liddy, and Irish Digital Cultures (2025) with Dr Mary McGill. Deirdre is the secretary of the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures (IASIL) and edits the blog, www.irishwomenswritingnetwork.com. She has worked in University of Galway, UL and UCD and worked as a journalist before returning to academia.