The Fly on the Wheel

“A lost classic of Irish fiction.” Megan Nolan, author of Ordinary
Human Failings

The Fly on the Wheel was an instant bestseller on
both sides of the Atlantic when it was first published in 1908. Re-issued in a
beautifully designed gift hardback edition, the novel is the poignant story of
the passionate and headstrong Isabel Costello’s entrance into the small Irish
town of Waterford.

With a nod to the works of Tolstoy and the Brontes, The
Fly on the Wheel is a moving depiction of the moral and psychological
restrictions placed on women at the turn of the century. The sparkling introduction by Megan Nolan sets
the themes of illicit love, toxic relationships and feminist desires in a
modern context.