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The Islands of Ireland: All along the watchtower

The Islands of Ireland: All along the watchtower

The Dublin suburb of Dalkey is immortalised in the surrealist work of one of Ireland’s greatest writers, Flann O’Brien.

Mon, 01 Jan, 2018

First Thoughts: Journey Under the Midnight Sun

First Thoughts: Journey Under the Midnight Sun

IN 1973, with the Yom Kippur War in the Middle East threatening worldwide oil prices, a pawnbroker is found murdered and robbed in an abandoned building in Osaka.

Sat, 06 Feb, 2016

Nadja Spiegel story collection offers startling intensity in cut-glass detail

Nadja Spiegel story collection offers startling intensity in cut-glass detail

THE 20 stories that comprise Sometimes I Lie and Sometimes I Don’t are startling in their intensity. 

Sat, 14 Nov, 2015

Back on the balcony

IN his novel Balcony of Europe, Aidan Higgins says of a character: “He was a tall guy but I gave him the name of a small bird.”

Sat, 27 Mar, 2010