There’s an Oulipian game I like to play when reviewing the work of young female Irish writers: can I avoid any reference to Sally Rooney? To my mind, it’s reductive to…
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Adrian Duncan’s new novel is his fourth book in four years (I’ll have whatever he’s having). His 2019 debut, Love Notes from a German Building Site, which won the inaugural John McGahern Book…
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Elena Ferrante’s latest book of nonfiction offers a rare peek behind the curtain of the creative process of one of our most elusive authors. The book is comprised of four lectures:…
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Death, as James Baldwin reminds us in The Fire Next Time, “is the only fact we have”. And yet in the west, it is swathed in secrecy. “Just like in video…
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Lucy Caldwell’s new novel is set during the Belfast Blitz: four German airstrikes in April and May 1941. The first, known as the Dockside Raid, saw strategic targets hit with few…
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In her 2016 debut, Amy Liptrot recounts returning to her native Orkney to recover from alcohol addiction. The Outrun, a prizewinning Sunday Times bestseller, was lauded for its lucid self-awareness…