Even the Dead once more follows John Banville's pathologist creation Quirke through a journey into the seedy underground world of murder in 1950s Dublin. Although the Quirke series is essentially in the crime fiction drama, Even the Dead is much more than a page-turning thriller. By this seventh book in the Quirke series Banville has made the pathologist, and the life he lives and people he is close to, the prime focus of the novel with the whodunit taking a lesser focus by far.
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29 June 2015
Book Review: Even The Dead - Benjamin Black
John Banville, writing under the pen name Benjamin Black, returns with his seventh Quirke novel Even the Dead.
Even the Dead once more follows John Banville's pathologist creation Quirke through a journey into the seedy underground world of murder in 1950s Dublin. Although the Quirke series is essentially in the crime fiction drama, Even the Dead is much more than a page-turning thriller. By this seventh book in the Quirke series Banville has made the pathologist, and the life he lives and people he is close to, the prime focus of the novel with the whodunit taking a lesser focus by far.
Even the Dead once more follows John Banville's pathologist creation Quirke through a journey into the seedy underground world of murder in 1950s Dublin. Although the Quirke series is essentially in the crime fiction drama, Even the Dead is much more than a page-turning thriller. By this seventh book in the Quirke series Banville has made the pathologist, and the life he lives and people he is close to, the prime focus of the novel with the whodunit taking a lesser focus by far.27 March 2015
Book Review: Unravelling Oliver - Liz Nugent
Unravelling Oliver is a chilling and compelling debut by Irish author Liz Nugent
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Books that you are compelled to read through in one sitting are not that common but Liz Nugent's Unravelling Oliver requires a day of no other plans as this is a novel you won't want to put down from start to finish.
Books that you are compelled to read through in one sitting are not that common but Liz Nugent's Unravelling Oliver requires a day of no other plans as this is a novel you won't want to put down from start to finish.
13 August 2014
The Man Comes Around
After being once more massively impressed with the writing of Peter Murphy after reading his take on 'The Dead' by James Joyce in Dubliners 100 I decided to resurrect this interview from a few years ago with one of Ireland's most exciting literary talents upon the release of his debut novel John The Revelator.
As an avid reader of Hotpress in my teens, one writer's talents always stood out to me; as it did to anyone who read the magazine. Peter Murphy has always been an exceptional scribe and, after having had the opportunity to work with him after college in my first journalism job at Hotpress, when I found out his debut novel, John The Revelator, was being published I knew it would be something special and I was definitely not disappointed.
As an avid reader of Hotpress in my teens, one writer's talents always stood out to me; as it did to anyone who read the magazine. Peter Murphy has always been an exceptional scribe and, after having had the opportunity to work with him after college in my first journalism job at Hotpress, when I found out his debut novel, John The Revelator, was being published I knew it would be something special and I was definitely not disappointed.
5 August 2014
Dubliners 100
Combining one of Ireland's newest and most innovative publishing houses, Tramp Press, with the bright spark editor of literary magazine The Stinging Fly, Thomas Morris, and adding fifteen of Ireland's most exciting literary voices to each take on one of James Joyce's seminal pieces of literature, Dubliners 100 is a masterpiece of talent and ideas and such treat for anyone who is looking for a new standard in Irish literature and publishing.
Edited by Thomas Morris
Published by Tramp Press
Featuring Patrick McCabe, Mary Morrissey, John Boyne, Donal Ryan, Andrew Fox, Evelyn Conlon, Oona Frawley, John Kelly, Belinda McKeon, Michèle Forbes, Paul Murray, Eimer McBride, Elske Rahill, Sam Coll, and Peter Murphy.
Published by Tramp Press
Featuring Patrick McCabe, Mary Morrissey, John Boyne, Donal Ryan, Andrew Fox, Evelyn Conlon, Oona Frawley, John Kelly, Belinda McKeon, Michèle Forbes, Paul Murray, Eimer McBride, Elske Rahill, Sam Coll, and Peter Murphy.
4 July 2014
Quite a Taboo
I got the opportunity to speak with best-selling novelist Melissa Hill and her husband Kevin - collectively known as Casey Hill - in Dublin’s Central Hotel when they released their debut collaborative crime fiction novel Taboo.
Interviewing novel writing duo Mellissa Hill and husband Kevin is an absolute treat and, after a couple of minutes of talking to the married couple, you can see so clearly why collaborating on a novel was such a good idea. They finish each other sentences with constantly shared excitement and enthusiasm. You could talk to them all day.
Interviewing novel writing duo Mellissa Hill and husband Kevin is an absolute treat and, after a couple of minutes of talking to the married couple, you can see so clearly why collaborating on a novel was such a good idea. They finish each other sentences with constantly shared excitement and enthusiasm. You could talk to them all day.
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