My Father’s House is a novel based on a true story (very loosely based, O’Connor emphasises in an author’s note). … More
Tag: irish
Book review: The Night Interns by Austin Duffy
In The Night Interns, an unnamed intern in an unnamed Irish city goes through a year of night shifts with … More
Book review: The Colony by Audrey Magee
Lloyd is travelling to a remote Irish island because he wants to paint the cliffs. He is going in a … More
Book review: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Small Things Like These is just my kind of book, quietly powerful, beautifully told. Bill Furlong is a coal merchant … More
Book review: The Echo Chamber by John Boyne
The Echo Chamber features a deeply unappealing family whose life is upended by their addiction to celebrity culture and, in … More
Book review: Where the Edge Is by Gráinne Murphy
In Where the Edge Is, disaster befalls a small town in Cork when a bus falls into a sinkhole in … More
Book review: Actress by Anne Enright
Actress is a novel in the guise of a biography or perhaps a memoir. It is the story of Katherine … More
Book review: Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry
Publishers make a lot of claims for their books but describing Night Boat to Tangier as ‘Waiting for Godot meets … More
Book review: Constellations by Sinéad Gleeson
Sinéad Gleeson’s memoir Constellations explores the relationship between our bodies and our identity. In a series of linked essays, she writes … More
Book review: Dirty Little Secrets by Jo Spain
Dirty Little Secrets has a nice set up. It has a golden-age premise (a closed community which must contain the … More