I Could Read The Sky is a novel which tells its story through words and photographs. The story is that of an Irish emigrant struggling to possess his life in acts of memory. He is old. He is alone. He is lying in bed at night in the darkness remembering a life of dislocation, of loss, of descent into madness and of redemption through music and through the love of a woman. Some of the time he is remembering on prose and some of the time in pictures. Neither is meant to illustrate the other. They are distinct acts of memory in their own right. The act of remembering itself becomes a way of completing his life.

© Steve Pyke and Timothy O' Grady


I Could Read The Sky is available from
Harvill-Secker, Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA
Tel 0171 704 8766
Fax 0171 704 8805.
ISBN 1-86046-386-X Large Edition
or 1-86046-318-5

I Could Read The Sky is now a feature film based on the book by Steve Pyke and Timothy O' Grady featuring Dermot Healy, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Stephen Rae and Brendan Coyle, to be released by Artificial Eye UK in September 2000.
It has been acclaimed at festivals worldwide Director Nichola Bruce, Producers Janine Marmot and Nicholas O Neil.
Tel: Hot Property 0171 323 9466

I Could read The Sky is also available as a soundtrack from Real World Records on 01273 392326 featuring the music of Iarla O Lionaird, Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, Sinead O Connor and Noel Hill.
Ref: CDRW84