Irish Fiction

  • Though The Bodies Fall

    Though The Bodies Fall

    €15.95

    From an exciting new voice in Irish fiction, a powerful novel set on an Irish clifftop – a story about duty, despair and the chance encounters upon which fate turns. Micheal Burns lives alone in his family’s bungalow at the end of Kerry Head in Ireland. It is a picturesque place, but the cliffs have a darker side to them: for generations they have been a suicide black spot.

    Micheal’s mother saw the saving of these lost souls – these visitors – as her spiritual duty, and now, in the wreckage of his life, Micheal finds himself continuing her work. When his sisters tell him that they want to sell the land, he must choose between his siblings and the visitors, a future or a past.

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  • Time of the Child

    Time of the Child

    €16.95

    WILLIAMS, NIALL

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  • Trespasses

    Trespasses

    €12.50

    * LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023 *
    * WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022 *
    * SHORTLISTED FOR BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR: DEBUT FICTION *
    * SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2022 *
    * AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2022 *
    * A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME *

    One by one, she undid each event, each decision, each choice. If Davy had remembered to put on a coat. If Seamie McGeown had not found himself alone on a dark street.

    If Michael Agnew had not walked through the door of the pub on a quiet night in February in his white shirt. There is nothing special about the day Cushla meets Michael, a married man from Belfast, in the pub owned by her family. But here, love is never far from violence, and this encounter will change both of their lives forever.

    As people get up each morning and go to work, school, church or the pub, the daily news rolls in of another car bomb exploded, another man beaten, killed or left for dead. In the class Cushla teaches, the vocabulary of seven-year-old children now includes phrases like ‘petrol bomb’ and ‘rubber bullets’. And as she is forced to tread lines she never thought she would cross, tensions in the town are escalating, threatening to destroy all she is working to hold together.

    Tender and shocking, Trespasses is an unforgettable debut of people trying to live ordinary lives in extraordinary times.

     

     

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  • Twist

    Twist

    €16.95

    Fennell, a journalist, is in pursuit of a story buried at the bottom of the sea: the network of tiny fibre-optic tubes that carry the world’s information across the ocean floor – and what happens when they break. So he has travelled to Cape Town to board the George Lecointe, a cable repair vessel captained by Chief of Mission John Conway. Conway is a talented engineer and fearless freediver – and Fennell is quickly captivated by this mysterious, unnerving man and his beautiful partner, Zanele.

    As the boat embarks along the west coast of Africa, Fennell learns the rhythms of life at sea, and finds his place among the band of drifters who make up the crew. But as the mission falters, tensions simmer – and Conway is thrown into crisis. A terrible, violent tragedy is unfolding in the life he has left behind on land; and, trapped out at sea, it seems as if the vast expanse of the ocean is closing in.

    Then Conway disappears; and Fennell must set out to find him. As taut and propulsive as a thriller, and a timeless exploration of narrative and truth, Twist is the work of a master storyteller at the height of his powers.

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  • Water In The Desert, Fire In The Night

    Water In The Desert, Fire In The Night

    €16.00
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    Because the thing about the end of the world is that it happens all the time. Someone leaves and it’s the end of the world. Someone comes back and it’s the end of the world.

    Somebody puts their cock in you and it’s the end of the world. Somebody stops putting their cock in you and it’s the end of the world. Here is a novel about mothering, wolves, bicycles, midwifery, post-apocalyptic feminism, gold, hunger and hope.

    It’s about an underachieving millennial, a retired midwife and an Irishman who set out from London after the end of the world to cycle to a sanctuary in the southern Alps. It’s about the porousness of the female bodily experience, the challenges of being an empiricist with a sample size of one, what’s worth knowing, what’s worth living, and the necessity of irrationality. It’s about the fact that the world ends all the time, and it’s about what to try to do next.

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  • Whatever Happened To Madeline Stone?

    Whatever Happened To Madeline Stone?

    €17.50

    From #1 bestselling author of IDOL comes an addictive new book club mystery, perfect for fans of DAISY JONES AND THE SIX and I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED’A glamorous, sexy, fascinating read about damaged people and what really happens to child-stars’ – Marian Keyes, internationally bestselling author of Again, Rachel2002Twin sisters Madeline and Chelsea Stone are joint stars of the AtomicKids sitcom Double Trouble, but everyone knows it’s Maddie who shines most brightly. Until Chelsea beats her sister out for the role of a lifetime and is catapulted into the spotlight. But just as Chelsea’s star reaches impossible new heights, Maddie disappears.

    2025Chelsea Stone retired from acting after her sister’s disappearance – but living life under the radar is easier said than done when you’re the most famous woman of your generation. When a storage locker is found containing heart-breaking truths about the year Maddie went missing, Chelsea feels a flicker of hope for the first time in twenty years. This is her chance to discover what really happened to her twin, but to follow the trail, is she ready to face the past and step back into the spotlight?Praise for Whatever Happened to Madeline Stone?’Utterly addictive.

    Her best book yet’ – Andrea Mara, Sunday Times bestselling author of All Her Fault’Unflinching, devastating and gripping whilst masterfully weaving hope and courage in its aftermath’ – Nikita Gill, bestselling author of Hekate’Razor-sharp and utterly spellbinding’ – Catherine Doyle, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Dagger and the Flame’Confronting, compulsive and profound’ – Sophie White, award-winning author of My Hot Friend’Addictive, propulsive and deliciously enraging’ – Daisy Buchanan, bestselling author of Insatiable’I devoured the book in two sittings – with so many talking points, it’s destined to be a book club hit’ – Hannah Beckerman, bestselling author of The Forgetting‘This is O’Neill at her best, combining compelling characters and plot with incisive commentary on fame, power and men’s bad behaviour’ RED‘Emotional and compelling, the story exposes the cost of celebrity, and how ambition and scrutiny can shape – and destroy – family bonds’ WOMAN & HOME‘Addictive and nostalgic, this one’s perfect for group chats and book clubs’ HEAT’Y2K is back, baby! I love this woman Louise O’Neill and just wish she wrote twice as fast’ ? ? ? ? ?’It’s a gripping mystery that doesn’t shy away from the darker side of Hollywood and I loved it!’ ? ? ? ? ?’If there’s one author who guarantees an instant TBR reshuffle, it’s Louise O’Neill . . .

    A thought-provoking, unputdownable read’ ? ? ? ? ?’Fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid will love this. I can’t recommend it highly enough. Simply superb! All hail Queen Louise!’ ? ? ? ? ?’Wow! A phenomenal read from a superb writer that cannot be missed’ ? ? ? ? ?’Will I ever meet a Louise O’Neill book I won’t give 5 stars to? I don’t think so!’ ? ? ? ? ?

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