IRISH LITERATURE

Francis MacManus / Watergate (Vintage Paperback)

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Francis Stuart - A Hole in the Head - HB -1977

First edition, , hardcover published by Martin Brian & O'Keeffe, 1977. Sun fade to dudstjacket, especially to spine.     As he undergoes medical and psychiatric treatment, reality...

Francis Stuart - Black List, Section H ( US HB 1st Edition 1971 )

This astonishingly powerful novel follows H on a spiritual quest for revelation and redemption, from his disastrous marriage to Iseult Gonne, the Irish Civil War and internment, to his life as a...

Francis Stuart - Memorial - PB (Raven Arts Press) 1984, Originally 1973

Paperback, published by Raven Arts Press, Cover art by John Farman, and portrait of Stuart to back cover.  Slight curl to lower cover edge, tanning to pages, embossed former owner mark...

Frank O'Connor - My Oedipus Complex and Other Stories - Vintage Penguin PB 1963

The story of the title deals with a little boy named Larry and his feelings towards his father. When his father returns home from World War II, Larry is resentful and jealous of losing his mother's...

Frank O'Connor / My Oedipus Complex and Other Stories

The story of the title deals with a little boy named Larry and his feelings towards his father. When his father returns home from World War II, Larry is resentful and jealous of losing his mother's...

Frank O'Connor / The Genius

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Frank Ronan / Dixie Chicken (Large Paperback)

From the award-winning author of The Men who Loved Evelyn Cotton , this is a novel in which God plays narrator, death is the mystery and sex the possible key. When the successful and adored Rory...

Frank Ronan / The Men Who Loved Evelyn Cotton (Hardback)

Winner of the "Irish Times"/Aer Lingus Prize, this first novel by Frank Ronan asks whether the heroine, Evelyn, has found any real advantage in being loved by men. It looks at her love affairs,...

Fred Johnston / Atalanta (Large Paperback)

Fred Johnston of Galway, Ireland,established a fine reputation as short story writer (Keeping the Night Watch), poet, and novelist, and this book latest weaves Greek mythology (Atalanta and...

Fred Johnston / Keeping the Night Watch (Large Paperback)

These eleven stories by the Irish poet, critic, and novelist Fred Johnston generally explore the concept of the internal exile, the outsider in contemporary society. These are stories about bright...

George Bernard Shaw - Plays Pleasant : Arms and the Man, Candida, The Man of Destiny, You Never Can Tell - Vintage Penguin PB - 1946 ( Originally 1898)

A vintage Penguin paperbacks ( Horizontal band editions) of plays by the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw - as follows - Plays Pleasant - comprising Arms and the Man, Candida, The Man of Destiny...

George Bernard Shaw - Collected Plays - 10 Volume Set - HB Pocket Editions1927

A reprint set, unformly sized and with identical design on each of G.B Shaw's plays , in 12 volumes , originally 1926, here in the 'Pocket Edition, 1927' Published by Constable and CompanY. Titles in...

George Moore - Hail and Farewell ( PB 1985 - Originally 1911 )

Hail And Farewell! by George Moore is a memoir of Moore’s time in Dublin in the decade prior to the outbreak of the Great War and the Irish Revolution, at the height of what became...

George Moore - The Lake - PB ( 1980, Originally 1905)

A paperback Colin Smythe Publishing reprint, 1980. This edition with an afterword by Richard Cave.  Condition, very good, spine uncreased, previous owner's name and date to blank endpage. 

George Moore / Esther Waters

    Esther Waters (1894) was one of the first English novels to defeat Victorian moral censorship. George Moore's story of a mother's fight for the life of her illegitimate son won Mr...

George O'Brien - Dancehall Days - HB - 1ST Edition 1988

Dancehall Days brings the narrator to his father’s house in Monkstown, Dublin, to dream of a college education and of twisting the night away. Instead, he experiences the vicissitudes of a...

Gerald Stembridge / What She Saw (Large Paperback)

"Sex, scandal, politics, and a cast of characters you just can't trust, all delivered with a thoroughly modern sensibility."-SARAH PINBOROUGH, author of Behind Her EyesThe storied Hotel...

Gerard Stembridge / According to Luke (Large Paperback)

 At thirty, Luke Reid seems to have an enviable life. He is a child of the leafy suburbs, attractive - in an understated way, tolerant and erudite, socially assured, professionally successful,...

Gerry Adams / Black Mountain : and other stories

In this collection, one of Ireland’s best-known political figures brings us new and selected stories of politics, of family, of love and of friendship. These are portraits of Ireland, and...

Glenn Patterson / Gull (Large Paperback)

 It was one of the most bizarre episodes in the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland: the construction, during the war's most savage phase, of a factory in West Belfast to make a luxury...

Graham Norton / A Keeper

     Atmospheric, creepy and impossible to put down.' the TIMES'A compelling and moving story, expertly told, that will draw you in and keep you in its grip until the last page.'...

Graham Norton / A Keeper (Large Paperback)

   Dear Lonely Leinster Lady, I'm not really sure how to begin . . .* * *The truth drifts out to sea, riding the waves out of sight. And then the tide turns.Elizabeth Keane returns to...

Graham Norton / Forever Home (Hardback)

Where do secrets live? Carol is a divorced teacher living in a small town in Ireland, her only son now grown. A second chance at love brings her unexpected connection and belonging—and sparks a...

Graham Norton / Forever Home (Large Paperback)

 The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Graham Norton 'A magnificent novelist.' STUART HERITAGE for THE GUARDIAN'Blend[s] dark humour and emotional weight with ease.' RADIO...

Graham Norton / Frankie (Large Paperback)

Frankie Howe has lived a long life, her small flat is crammed full of art, furniture - and memories. Damian, her young carer, listens as she gradually tells him parts of her story - a story that...

Graham Norton / Holding

The Sunday Times bestseller and debut novel from Graham Norton.'Poised and perceptive' Sunday Times'... a deftly plotted story as moving as it is compelling' Sunday Mirror'Deeply accomplished .....

Graham Norton / Holding (Hardback)

 'A considerable achievement ... one of the more authentic debuts I've read in recent years ... in such an understated manner, eschewing linguistic eccentricity ... in favour of genuine...

Graham Norton / Holding (Large Paperback)

Duneen is a quiet place, far enough from the big towns to have kept its own rhythms. Its residents include castdown policeman PJ who lives a lonely, uneventful life punctuated only by the next meal -...

Graham Norton / Home Stretch

 'Graham is a lovely writer and this is by far his best. The passage of time is beautifully handled, and the emergence of Ireland into the modern world is a joy to read... There's a lovely...

Graham Norton / Home Stretch (Hardback)

 '[A] compelling, bighearted, emotionally precise page-turner.' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Beautiful and heartbreaking.' PANDORA SYKES'A real page-turner, the kind of warmth and magical storytelling...

Graham Norton / Home Stretch (Large Paperback)

 Shame and longing can flow through generations, but the secrets of the heart will not be buried for ever.It is 1987 and a small Irish community is preparing for a wedding. The day before the...

Grainne Murphy / The Ghostlights

Can we ever truly escape our past? The Ghostlights is the poignant story of a family of Irish women who are each looking for the real meaning of home. This is a novel about family, obligation,...

Greg Baxter / The Apartment (Hardback)

'She was always in many places at once, invested deeply in a hundred different notions, and of all the things I liked about Saskia that was the thing I liked most'. One snowy morning in an old...

Harry Levin / The Essential James Joyce1 (Vintage Paperback)

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Helen Cullen / The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually

'A beautiful bittersweet story of love, loss and families. Tears were shed!' GRAHAM NORTON'A moving and powerful novel' JOHN BOYNE'Human, graceful and healing, a true gift of a...

Helen Cullen / The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually (Large Paperback)

'There's a crack in everything, it's how the light gets in' Leonard Cohen'I devoured this, falling in love with the setting and with every character - and when I reached the end, I wept. It is just...

Hugh McFadden / Crystal Clear : The Selected Prose of John Jordan (Large Paperback)

   Writer, poet, lecturer, broadcaster and man-of -letters, John Jordan (1930-88) was a distinguished scholar-critic in the Dublin of his day, teaching English at University College Dublin...

Hugo Hamilton / Dublin Palms (Hardback)

 The palm trees give the street a holiday atmosphere. There must be something in the soil they like. They have straight leaves that get a bit ragged, with split ends. At night you hear them...

Hugo Hamilton / Dublin Palms (Large Paperback)

 The palm trees give the street a holiday atmosphere. There must be something in the soil they like. They have straight leaves that get a bit ragged, with split ends. At night you hear them...

Hugo Hamilton / The Speckled People

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Irish Independent / Great Irish Writers Series (Complete 20 Book HB Set)

Great Irish Writers - a collection of uniformly sized hardcover fiction titles from the best of Irish authors.    Books: 1 John McGahern / That they may face the Rising Sun 2 Joseph...

J. G. Farrell / Troubles (Vintage Paperback)

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J.P Donleavy - The Saddest Summer of Samuel S - Vintage Penguin PB 1976 - Originally 1966

A slim pb novella, first published by Penguin in 1966, this is a 1979 reprint edition. Sun fade to spine ( from orange to yellow) , and light edgewear to all covers.  A wily American driving his...

Jack B Yeats - Ah Well | And to You Also - HB ( 2 IN 1 Omnibus Edition 1974)

Hardcover, a 2 in one omnibus edition ( first thus) of two works by Jack B Yeats, Ah Well ( originally 1942) & And To You Also ( Originally 1944) , here in a Routledge Keegan Paul ( RKP) edition,...

James Healy / Songs of Percy French (Large Paperback)

William Percy French was one of Ireland's favourite sons and his influence on traditional Irish Music can still be felt.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

James Joyce / A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Lesser Grade Paperback)

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James Joyce / A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Vintage Paperback)

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James Joyce / A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.. (Vintage Paperback)

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James Joyce / A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man... (Vintage Paperback)

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James Joyce / Dubliners

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James Joyce / Portrait of the Artist

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