Person: Val Nolan

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Plugging into the future
Plugging into the future

Forensic Songs

Sat, 01 Dec, 2012

Culture club: what it knows about the Gzilt’s holy book
Culture club: what it knows about the Gzilt’s holy book

The Hydrogen Sonata

Sat, 10 Nov, 2012

Engrossing unreliability
Engrossing unreliability

Dead Dogs

Sat, 27 Oct, 2012

Crime ain’t funny, but...
Crime ain’t funny, but...

The Healys: The Ties That Bind

Sat, 13 Oct, 2012

Study of the Irish novel falls between two stools
Study of the Irish novel falls between two stools

Condensed essays on individual novels are too short for academics and too analytical for the public, but will appeal to students, says Val Nolan

Sat, 29 Sep, 2012

Moulding a fine novel from the Wedgwood dynasty
Moulding a fine novel from the Wedgwood dynasty

 The Potter’s Hand

Sat, 22 Sep, 2012

Ultimate buffet for fans of crime fiction
Ultimate buffet for fans of crime fiction

John Connolly and Declan Burke convinced great writers to write about their favourite mystery novels. Val Nolan is impressed

Sat, 15 Sep, 2012

In a vision of the future, a critique of our present ills

2312

Sat, 04 Aug, 2012

To the letter: a love story and personal history of the gulag

Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag

Sat, 07 Jul, 2012

A cirque du spectacle

The Night Circus

Sat, 30 Jun, 2012

Long time no see, indeed: Healy’s first novel in a decade is ‘mesmerising’

Long Time, No See

Sat, 19 May, 2012

Titanic aspirations

The Lifeboat

Sat, 12 May, 2012

Intricate web of guilt

August and Then Some

Sat, 28 Apr, 2012

Bridging the gaps in McGahern’s journey to becoming a great writer

Young John McGahern: Becoming a Novelist

Sat, 21 Apr, 2012

Joy of sex in prurient and decadent Celtic Tiger era

The Forgotten Waltz

Sat, 14 Apr, 2012

Too brief a history of a great man of our times

This book may function as a primer for those who know little about Stephen Hawking, but it offers no new information on its subject, says Val Nolan

Sat, 17 Mar, 2012

Novel of the future says much about the present

Blue Remembered Earth

Sat, 11 Feb, 2012

Missing parents and lost landscapes in ’70s Canada

Shelter

Sat, 04 Feb, 2012

Forester’s lost novel proves to be a real find

The Pursued

Sat, 31 Dec, 2011

Wise man and warrior

The Golden Mean

Sat, 31 Dec, 2011

Reportage with heart

Beautiful Thing, Sonia Faleiro Canongate

Sat, 03 Dec, 2011

Hamming it up for the old, imagined country

Adrian Frazier does a fine job in bringing to life John Ford and others involved in the remarkable links between the Abbey and Hollywood, says Val Nolan

Sat, 02 Jul, 2011

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