One of the best novels I've read this year from an unusually gifted writer

Edel Coffey, Irish Times

An immersive exploration of grief . . . Wittily explores the fragile dynamics of a family navigating the loss of a father . . . Dickey's background as a poet is more than evident . . . The language is sharp and spare, yet deeply affecting; the five voices each unique and necessary, each one helping the reader better understand the fragile architecture of a family at odds with itself. There are no wasted words in this novel. The humour is observational and pithy . . . Dickey's powerful words encourage us to explore our own buried tragedies and unsung truths

Joanna Cannon, Guardian

In precise prose, Dickey catalogues the feelings of these flawed characters as they contemplate the haunted past and hopeful future

Eithne Farry, Mail on Sunday

Grief and recrimination is leavened by arch humour, but above all, the book is a moving reflection on the unknowability of human beings, and the gulf between how others see us and how we see ourselves

The Week, Novel of the Week

Embeds personal silence in a broader network of social and political questions, enmeshing the story in the everyday life of contemporary Ulster

Gemini McKee, Belfast Telegraph

into the wreck is an intriguing, witty, moving and complex interrogation of modern Irish history, family, messy grief, and indomitable connections. Dickey is a wonderfully stylish writer with an unwavering eye for the truths of relationships: however squalid or sweet these truths may in fact be

JOHN PATRICK McHUGH, author of Fun and Games