‘Open, Heaven’ by Seán Hewitt, Reviewed

‘Open, Heaven’ by Seán Hewitt, Reviewed

The poet’s debut novel presents an elegy to teenage first love and, in end effect, a lost youth If Seán Hewitt is ever tempted to try his hand at ghost stories, he should go right ahead. He has a knack for summoning a distinctly creepy atmosphere: ‘At the farmhouse, one upper window lit, but otherwise the place was completely dark,’ reads a typical sentence. ‘I heard a movement upstairs, and then saw Luke’s shadow on the landing,’ it continues. …