IRISH LITERATURE

Roddy Doyle / Smile

 ust moved into a new apartment, alone for the first time in years, Victor Forde goes every evening to Donnelly's pub for a pint, a slow one.One evening his drink is interrupted. A man in shorts...

Roddy Doyle / The Dead Republic

 We last saw Henry Smart, his leg severed in an accident with a railway boxcar, crawl into the Utah desert to die - only to be discovered by John Ford, who's there shooting his latest Western...

Roddy Doyle / The Deportees

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Roddy Doyle / The Deportees (Large Paperback)

 For the past few years Roddy Doyle has been writing stories for Metro Eireann, a magazine started by, and aimed at, immigrants to Ireland. Each of the stories took a new slant on the immigrant...

Roddy Doyle / The Guts (Hardback)

Jimmy Rabbitte is back. The man who invented the Commitments back in the eighties is now forty-seven, with a loving wife, four kids ...and bowel cancer. He isn't dying, he thinks, but he might be...

Roddy Doyle / The Guts (Signed by the Author) (Large Paperback)

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Roddy Doyle / The Snapper

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Roddy Doyle / The Woman Who Walked Into Doors

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Roddy Doyle / The Woman Who Walked into Doors (Hardback)

 By the author of "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha", winner of the 1993 Booker Prize, this is the life history of Paula Spencer - her contented childhood, her romance with Charlo, and her sad marriage. It...

Roisin Meaney / A Winter to Remember (Large Paperback)

 A cosy, festive page-turner from the bestselling author of It's That Time of Year Emily Feeney has always loved the festive season, so when she invites some of her favourite people to...

Roisin Meaney / It's That Time of Year (Large Paperback)

 'Warm ... uplifting -- Roisin Meaney is a gifted storyteller' Sheila O'Flanagan, bestselling authorIt's the day before the wedding ...Three strangers arrive home to Ireland to the house that...

Ronan Bennett / The Catastrophist

Gillespie, an Irishman, goes to the Congo in 1959 in pursuit of his beautiful lover Inès, a passionate Italian journalist. Unlike her, Gillespie has no interest in the deepening independence crisis,...

Ronán Hession - Ghost Mountain - HB - BRAND NEW

Ghost Mountain is a fable-like novel about a mountain that appears suddenly, and the way in which its manifestation ripples through the lives of characters in the surrounding community. It looks at...

Ruth & Pen / Emilie Pine (Signed by the Author) (Paperback)

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Ruth Gilligan / Can You See Me? (Signed by the Author) (Large Paperback)

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Ruth Gilligan / Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan

At the start of the twentieth century, a young girl and her family emigrate from the continent in search of a better life in America, only to pitch up in Ireland by mistake. In 1958, a mute boy...

Ruth Gilligan / Nine Folds Make A Paper Swan (Hardback)

 At the start of the twentieth century, a young girl and her family emigrate from Lithuania in search of a better life in America, only to land on the Emerald Isle instead. In 1958, a mute...

Ruth Gilligan / Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan (Large Paperback)

 1901. Cork can sound very similar to New York to foreign ears and tired brains, so it's no surprise that Ruth's family - Jewish refugees fleeing the European pogroms - mistakenly disembark from...

Ruth Gilligan / Somewhere In Between (Large Paperback)

 The exams are finally over, the sun is shining and celebration is in the air. For twins Chloe and Alex the future looks bright, if a bit uncertain. But turbulence is not far from the horizon.It...

Sally Rooney / Beautiful World, Where Are You (Hardback)

 'Beautiful World, Where Are You is Rooney's best novel.' THE TIMES*The Sunday Times and Global number one bestseller**Winner of Novel of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards*Alice, a...

Sally Rooney / Beautiful World, Where Are You (Large Paperback)

 'Beautiful World, Where Are You is Rooney's best novel.' THE TIMES*The Sunday Times and Global number one bestseller*Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if...

Sally Rooney / Conversations with Friends (Large Paperback)

 Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and darkly observant. A college student in Dublin and aspiring writer, she works at a literary agency by day. At night, she performs spoken word...

Sam Baneham - The Cloud of Desolation - HB - 1982

Hardcover , Wolfhound Press, 1982.  Condition, very good, internally unmarked.  Sam Baneham's highly original, satiric Irish novel, The Cloud of Desolation (1982) creates through memorable...

Sam Hanna Bell - December Bride ( Paperback) ( Film - t

Sam Hanna Bell's classic novel of County Down, originally published 1951, this reprint 1991, Blackstaff Press.  At the beginning of the 20th century, a young servant provokes an independent...

Sara Baume / Spill Simmer Falter Wither

This book was shortlisted for the shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2015. It is longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2015. It is longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2016. It is...

Sarah Gilmartin / Dinner Party : A Tragedy (Large Paperback)

 Kate meticulously plans a dinner to mark the anniversary of a death in the family, from the fancy table setting to the perfect baked alaska waiting in the freezer. But by the end of the night,...

Sarah Maria Griffin / Not Lost (Large Paperback)

   At once brazen and terrified, Sarah Maria Griffin's beautifully written memoir, Not Lost: A Story About Leaving Home, opens a doorway into the interior life of the Celtic Tiger Cubs who...

Séamas Ó Buachalla - The Literary Writings of Patrick Pearse - Vintage PB

All of Pearse's published short stories, poetry and plays, translated into English by Séamas ó Buachalla, Mercier Press, 1979 Edgewear to covers. 

Seamus Deane / Reading in the Dark (Hardback)

  A boy's childhood is lived out in two dimensions. One is legendary: the Sun-Fort of Grianan; where children are stolen away by demonic forces. The other is actual: the city of Derry in the...

Seamus Heaney, Dennis O'Driscoll / Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney (Large Paperback)

Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies; but no book-length portrait has appeared until now. Through his own lively and...

Sean McCann / The Wit of Oscar Wilde (Hardback)

 `I can resist everything except temptation' Oscar Wilde is probably the most quoted and quotable man in history. His genius manifested itself in his plays and poetry but he is equally...

Sean O'Casey - The Drums of Father Ned - Vintage PB - 1960

This good-natured late O’Casey comedy is set in the Irish village of Doonavale as the villagers prepare for a Tostal celebration – a festival celebrating Irish culture. Father Ned, a...

Sean O'Casey -The Plough and the Stars - Faber Drama - BRAND NEW

This educational edition, with the full play text and an introduction to the playwright, features a detailed analysis of the language, structure and characters of the play, and textual notes...

Sean O'Casey / Autobiographies 2 ( Omnibus) (Vintage Paperback)

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Sean O'Casey / The Plough and the Stars

This educational edition, with the full play text and an introduction to the playwright, features a detailed analysis of the language, structure and characters of the play, and textual notes...

Sean O'Casey / Three Dublin Plays: Shadow of a Gunman

Three early plays by Sean O'Casey--arguably his three greatest--demonstrate vividly O'Casey's ability to convey the reality of life and the depth of human emotion, specifically in Dublin before and...

Seán O'Casey / Three Plays : "Juno and the Paycock", "Shadow of a Gunman" and "Plough and the Stars"

The classic plays of the quintessential Dublin playwright Three early plays by Sean O'Casey--arguably his three greatest--demonstrate vividly O'Casey's ability to convey the reality of life and...

Sean O'Faolain - The Heat of the Sun - Vintage Pan PB 1971( Seán Ó Faoileáin ) Short Stories

 Includes  a short introduction by the author. In the Bosom of the Country, Dividends, The Heat of the Sun, The Human Thing, One Man, One Boat, One Girl, Charlie's Greek, Billy Billee,...

Sean O'Reilly / Love and Sleep (Large Paperback)

Sean O’Reilly’s debut 2002 novel is a journey into the dark and uncomfortable psyche of Niall, a young man on the run from the past and denying himself a future. In the nineties, soon...

Sebastian Barry / A Long Long Way (Large Paperback)

Barely eighteen years old, Willie Dunne leaves Dublin in 1914 to fight for the Allied cause, largely unaware of the growing political and religious tensions festering back home. A Long Long Way...

Sebastian Barry / A Thousand Moons (Large Paperback)

 From the Costa Book of the Year-winning author of Days Without EndEven when you come out of bloodshed and disaster in the end you have got to learn to live.Winona is a young Lakota orphan...

Sebastian Barry / Long Long Way (Hardback)

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Sebastian Barry / Old God's Time

Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching...

Sebastian Barry / Old God's Time (Large Paperback)

 From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author, a dazzlingly written novel exploring love, memory, grief, and long-buried secrets Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the...

Sebastian Barry / On Canaan's Side

 'As they used to say in Ireland, the devil only comes into good things.' Narrated by Lilly Bere, On Canaan's Side opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The story then goes...

Sebastian Barry / On Canaan's Side (Large Paperback)

'As they used to say in Ireland, the devil only comes into good things'. Narrated by Lilly Bere, "On Canaan's Side" opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The story...

Sebastian Barry / Secret Scripture (Hardback)

  Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for...

Sebastian Barry / Secret Scripture (Large Paperback)

Told through the journals of Roseanne McNulty and her psychiatrist Dr Grene, the story that emerges - of Roseanne’s family in 1930s Sligo - is at once shocking and deeply beautiful. ...

Sebastian Barry / The Secret Scripture

  Told through the journals of Roseanne McNulty and her psychiatrist Dr Grene, the story that emerges - of Roseanne’s family in 1930s Sligo - is at once shocking and deeply beautiful...

Sebastian Barry / The Temporary Gentleman

From the bestselling author of The Secret Scripture, a heartbreaking story of lost love. Jack McNulty, a former UN observer, has worked around the world and seen extraordinary things but, as he...

Sebastian Barry / The Temporary Gentleman (Large Paperback)

This is a stunning return from the prize-winning and best-selling author of The Secret Scripture. Jack McNulty is a 'temporary gentleman', an Irishman whose commission in the British army in the...

Sebastian Barry / The Temporary Gentleman. (Signed by the Author) (Large Paperback)

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