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Ireland's most talked about novelist, John Banville, won the 2005 Man Booker prize with a bittersweet novel of loss and remembrance. Will he do it again? more...
An Analysis of Shaw's Pygmalion
By: Jenna Galley
For anyone who loves a good laugh about a mythical rags-to-riches anti-love story with a twist, then Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is not a play to be missed! more...
Book Review – The Gathering by Anne Enright
By: Hana Lewis
Anne Enright writes about grief which is biological and timeless. She uncovers the place we cannot see where the dead essential self of someone we have loved disappears. more...
Book Review -- Saving Grace by Ciara Geraghty
By: Susan Whelan
Irish writer Ciara Geraghty invites both laughter and tears in her debut novel, which has been a #1 bestseller in Ireland. more...
Finn Mac Cool, a Novel by Morgan LLywelyn
By: Fred Hasson
Morgan Llywelyn's Finn Mac Cool, written in 1994, is among her best efforts to bring the mythic heroes of Irish folklore to the modern reader. more...
Glossary of Words in The Sea by John Banville
By: Leslie Timmins
This glossary defines obscure words used in the Booker Prize-winning novel, The Sea, by John Banville. All of the words are used by the novel's obsessive hero, Max Morden more...
Word Use in The Sea by John Banville
By: Leslie Timmins
The Irish writer John Banville won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for his fourteenth novel, The Sea, in 2005. The award raised the ire of some critics. more...
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