'The Sound of Things Falling' novel a hit with readers at country’s libraries

A novel exploring the violent world of Latin American drug cartels was a hit among Irish readers at the country’s 336 public libraries, figures show.

The Sound of Things Falling by acclaimed Colombian writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez was the most borrowed book of adult fiction at Irish libraries in 2014. It won the €100,000 International Impac Dublin Literary Award that year which partly accounts for its subsequent popularity among readers.

The list shows that children continue to be Ireland’s top book borrowers.