Fiction - 2000-2002
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An End to FlightWritten by Vincent Banville.Michael Painter, an Irishman teaching in a Catholic Mission School in Nigeria, is, by temperament and choosing, an observer. Boredom, and the fear of emotional involvement seem always to prevent him from taking a decisive leap. And so, as the relief planes lift the European doctors, teachers, and priests out of a country convulsed by a violent Civil War they cannot comprehend, Painter remains behind. |
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CharityWritten by Fiona O'Brien.What do you do when you have too much time on your hands? Well, you could become a Charity Queen... |
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Children of the Dead EndWritten by Patrick MacGill.Although written as fiction, Children of the Dead End is Patrick MacGill's autobiography. Starting with an account of his childhood in Donegal, Ireland at the end of the 19th century, the story moves to Scotland where, living as a tramp, then working as a gang labourer, and for some years as a navvy at Kinlochleven near Fort William, Dermod Flynn (as he calls himself) begins to discover himself as a writer. |
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Cutting the Night in Two: Short Stories by Irish Women WritersWritten by Evelyn Conlon.Thirty-four short stories by Irish women writers. Edited by Evelyn Conlon and Hans-Christian Oeser, this long-awaited anthology brings together a large number of stories by Irishwomen. Some of them are well known, some less widely read… |
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Ladies' Night at Finbar's HotelWritten by Dermot Bolger.Taking up the challenge thrown down by the seven authors of the bestselling novel Finbar's Hotel, and once again being shown to their suites and offered room-service by the editor, Dermot Bolger, seven of Ireland's most accomplished female writers have crafted between them this delightfully entertaining novel that delves into the dark corners of the human condition, as seen through one vibrant night in the life of a hotel. |