Shylock Is My Name – Howard Jacobson – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Howard Jacobson’s Shylock is my Name, based on The Merchant of Venice, is the latest volume to be […]
Shylock Is My Name – Howard Jacobson – Audible Book Review
My Name Is Lucy Barton – Elizabeth Strout – Audible Book Review
My Name Is Lucy Barton – Elizabeth Strout – Audible Book Review by Patrick V. The often quoted lines of Philip Larkin “They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may […]
Needlework by Deirdre Sullivan – Book Review
Needlework by Deirdre Sullivan – Book Review by Emily Elphinstone Launch Party at Easons O’Connell street at 6.30pm on Feb 25th. Though it has grown in recognition and popularity in the last […]
Exposure by Helen Dunmore – Audible Book Review
Exposure by Helen Dunmore – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Reading like a version of The Railway Children for adults, Helen Dunmore’s latest novel Exposure, tells the story of three children […]
The Widow by Fiona Barton – Audible Book Review
The Widow by Fiona Barton – Audible Book Review by Pat V. The Widow has been heralded as the stand-out psychological thriller for 2016 in the same vein as Gone Girl and […]
If You Steal – Jason – Review
If You Steal – Jason – Book Review In the short biography at the start of ‘If you Steal’ by Jason we are told that he enjoys films, the work of Magritte […]
A Wild Swan – Michael Cunningham – Book Review
A Wild Swan And Other Tales by Michael Cunningham – Review by Pat V. It’s hard to imagine that a retelling of Snow White or Jack and the Beanstalk would hold much […]
Billionaire by Peter James – Audible Book Review
Billionaire by Peter James – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Middle Eastern politics and the commodities market are at the heart of Billionaire, an early novel by Peter James, long […]
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson – Book Review
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson – Book Review The majority of things we say on line disappear into oblivion. We put them up there in the hopes of amusing […]
The Tales of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah – Audible Book Review
The Tales of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Read by Stephen Fry Sherlock Holmes has a new rival in town. No, not Professor Moriarity. This […]
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – Roald Dahl – Audible Book Review
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar by Roald Dahl – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Read by Andrew Scott If you’re still rushing around trying to find that last Christmas stocking […]
Passenger 23 – Audible Book Review
Passenger 23 – Audible Review by Patrick V. Passenger 23 by Sebastian Fitzek Narrated by Max Beesley, Rebecca Hall, Anthony Head, Robert Glenister, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Sian Phillips Warning: If you’re planning on […]
The Homecraft Book – Ann Hathaway – Book Review
The Homecraft Book – by Ann Hathaway Book Review by Emily Elphinstone In the past few years, there has been an increasing trend toward rediscovering traditional techniques of knitting, darning, home-cooking, and […]
Sour – Alan Walsh – Book Review
Sour – Book Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Writer: Alan Walsh Published by: Pillar International Publishing Sour is a wild, untethered tale of modern Irish mythology. An adventure set deep in the midlands, […]
Killing Joke by Frank Jenkinson – Preview
KILLING JOKE by Frank Jenkinson The Killing Joke are one of the most important bands of the early 80s and are seen as a key influence on many modern Industrial rock bands. […]
The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro – Audible Review
The Buried Giant – Audio Book Written by: Kazuo Ishiguro Narrated by: David Horovitch The Buried Giant is a novel about a couple, Axl and Beatrice who go on a journey to […]
The American Lover – Rose Tremain – Book Review
The American Lover, Rose Tremain – Review by J Stuart Cross Chatto & Windus –Random House(2014) Hardback 9780701185220 Paperback 9780701189273 Short stories are everywhere these days. They suit the quick consumptive style […]
The Ulysses Guide – Robert Nicholson – Book Review
This is an updated edition of the Ulysses Guide – Tours through Joyce’s Dublin. This new edition aims to take into account a number of the changes that have happened in Dublin […]
Greetings Hero – Stories by Aiden O’Reilly – Book Review
Greetings Hero – Stories by Aiden O’Reilly – Review by Helen O’Leary This is a first collection of short stories by Aiden O’Reilly, who is a new addition to our strong tradition […]
Fables Vol 19 – Snow White – Comic Review
Fables Vol 19. Snow White – Comprises Fables 114-129 This series of Fables starts with the adventures of Bufkin, who is trapped in Oz and determined to set the people free! This […]
Love on the Road – Book Review
Love on the Road – Review by Dan O’Neill – On the Love Book Authors – Tendai Huchu, Marlene Olin, Shirley Fergenson, Nod Ghosh, Catherine McNamara, Stanley Kenani, Barry Reddin, Tendayi Bloom, […]
Sugar Skull – Charles Burns – Book Review
Sugar Skull – Charles Burns – Review When I read Black Hole, it was a shock to the system. It clawed at a teenagers fear of sex and also the unknown world […]
Julian Cope – One Three One – Book Review
One Three One – Julian Cope – Book Review When I first heard that Julian Cope had written a novel, the mind boggled. Julian is at the tender age of 57 and […]
Sinker – Jason Johnson- Book Review
Sinker – Jason Johnson – Book Review by Dan O’Neill Hook, Line and Sinker Imagine a circuit that goes round Europe with glamorous women, sponsorship, television rights and where the stars are […]
Silicon Docks – The Rise of Dublin as a Global Tech Hub – Book Review
Silicon Docks – The Rise of Dublin as a Global Tech Hub – Book Review by Dan O’Neill Fish and (Computer) Chips – The Rise of Silicon Docks ‘Silicon Docks’ has become […]
Marked Off – Book Review
Marked Off – Don Cameron – Review by J Stuart Cross New Island, €13.99 Don Cameron’s Marked Off is a well-paced, debut thriller. Set in and around Dublin and the suburbia that […]
Interview with Don Cameron – Marked Off
Interview with Don Cameron – Author of Marked Off – Interview by J Stuart Cross Find out more about Don Cameron and Marked Off here. Marked off is published by New Island. […]
So, Anyway… – John Cleese – Book Review
So, Anyway… – John Cleese – Review by Dan O’Neill Faulty but Funny If anyone’s lived a life in full, it has to be John Cleese. The brain behind two of the […]
Eyrie – Tim Winton – Book Review
Eyrie by Tim Winton – Review by Helen O’Leary Let me first advise you not to launch into this book when feeling a tad under the weather for the beginning is bleak. […]
No More Workhorse 