Essential Irish Fiction
Discover the best of Irish fiction with our curated list of essential books. Explore timeless classics and modern masterpieces from Ireland's greatest authors.
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Star of the Sea
by Joseph O'Connor
St. Petersburg High school juniors Dicey Bell, a baseball star, and Jack Chen, who loves science and role-playing games, discover a mutual attraction when paired …
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Dubliners
by James Joyce
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader understand Joyce's use of textures, dialect, and symbols.Each …
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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
by Roddy Doyle
Winner of the Booker Prize – Roddy Doyle’s witty, exuberant novel about a young boy trying to make sense of his changing world It is …
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Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt
A heartfelt account of poverty in Ireland and emigration to America. -- back cover.
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The Third Policeman
by Flann O'Brien
With the publication of The Third Policeman, Dalkey Archive Press now has all of O'Brien's fiction back in print.
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The Book of Evidence
by John Banville
Returning to Ireland to reclaim a painting that is part of his patrimony, a thirty-eight-year-old man commits a ghastly and motiveless murder, which he confesses …
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The Butcher Boy
by Patrick McCabe
Telling the strange and sometimes hilarious tale of a deeply disturbed boy, a portrait of a dangerous mind profiles Francie, known in his repressive Irish …
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Amongst Women
by John McGahern
Michael Moran is an old Irish Republican whose life was forever transformed by his days of glory as a guerrilla leader in the Irish War …
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Rachel's Holiday
by Marian Keyes
The fast lane is much too slow for Rachel Walsh. And Manhattan is the perfect place for a young Irish female to overdo everything. But …