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• The Picture of Dorian Gray

  Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900,

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  Oscar Wilde was quite the personality in his day and this work of fiction blends social commentary with a supernatural flair. The main character, Dorian Gray, becomes enamored of his own physical appearance in a recently completed portrait…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Prophet Song

  Lynch, Paul, 1977-

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  This dystopian novel by Paul Lynch depicts the struggles of Eilish Stack, a mother of four, who is trying to save her family as Ireland slips into totalitarianism. Shades of George Orwell's "1984"! Lynch's unconventional writing style…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ordinary Human Failings

  Nolan, Megan,

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  An up and coming reporter in 1990s London, with a disregard for his readers, stubbles upon a sensational story. A 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, and the child's Irish family become tabloid fodder. Megan Nolan's novel…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beautiful World, Where Are You

  Rooney, Sally,

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  Set in Ireland, best friends from college, both turning 30, struggle to figure out about life and how to live it. Their relationships with their respective partners are explored. As they ponder their lives and the world in general, New…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Snow

  Banville, John

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  For the mystery lover, author John Banville tells the story of Detective Inspector St John Strafford who is called in from Dublin in 1957 to investigate a murder at Ballyglass House where the aristocratic Osborne family resides. As the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wren, the Wren

  Enright, Anne, 1962-

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  Nell McDaragh leaves her mother Carmel’s home to become a writer as her grandfather before her became a famous poet. Carmel knows the story of her famous father - leaving the family and creating scars that won't heal. This is a story of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

  Joyce, James, 1882-1941

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  What would a list of Irish authors be without James Joyce, regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century! The novel tells the story of young Irishman Stephen Dedalus, from earliest childhood until his decision to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pull of the Stars

  Donoghue, Emma, 1969-

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  During the 1918 influenza pandemic in Dublin, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital with quarantined expectant mothers with the deadly disease. This novel deals with the issues of work, risk, death, and love. Emma Donoghue is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hunter

  French, Tana

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  Ex-cop Cal Hooper from Chicago has moved to a remote Irish village looking for a quiet life. Unfortunately, he discovers the village and the inhabitants have their own idea of justice and some very old secrets. This is the extraordinary…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cacophony of Bone

  the Circle of a Year

  Dochartaigh, Kerri ní, 1983-

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  The time is 2019, two days after the Winter Solstice, Kerri and her partner move to a small cottage in Ireland. Looking for a home, the next year brings the pandemic, enforced isolation in an already isolated place. Even with the changes,…Read moreRead more of this annotation