Book Reviews

Christopher Hope – Shooting Angels

reviewed in Literary Review, September 2011

Alan Hollinghurst – The Stranger’s Child

reviewed in The Irish Times, 2nd July 2011

Benjamin Black – A Death In Summer

reviewed in The Irish Times, 4th June 2011

Salman Rushdie -

Luka and the Fire of Life

reviewed in The Irish Times, 30th October 2010

Sharon Dogar – Annexed

reviewed in The Irish Times,  19th September 2010

Alan Glynn – Winterland

reviewed in The Irish Times, 24th October 2009

Roland Chambers – The Last Englishman

reviewed in The Irish Times, 22nd August 2009

Kevin Power – Bad Day In Blackrock

reviewed in The Irish Times, 11th October 2008

John LeCarré – A Most Wanted Man

reviewed in The Irish Times, 7th October 2008

Adam Mars Jones – Pilcrow

reviewed in The Irish Times, 29th March 2008

Stephen L Carter – New England White

reviewed in The Irish Times, 14th June 2007

Sebastian Faulks – Engleby

reviewed in The Irish Times, 12th May 2007

Joseph O’Connor – Redemption Falls

reviewed in The Sunday Tribune, 6th May 1997

Declan Hughes – The Colour of Blood

reviewed in The Irish Times, 7th April 1997

Niall Williams – Boy In The World

reviewed in The Sunday Business Post, 5th March 1997

Ian Rankin – The Naming of the Dead

reviewed in The Irish Times, 21st October 2006

John LeCarré – The Mission Song

reviewed in The Irish Times, 30th September 2006

Bill Bryson – The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

reviewed in The Irish Times, 23rd September 2006

Andrew Nugent – The Four Courts Murder

reviewed in The Irish Times, 29th July 2006

Jarlath Gregory – G.A.A.Y

reviewed in The Irish Times, 14th May 2005

Thomas Lynch – Booking Passage

reviewed in The Irish Review of Books, Vol 1.2, 2005

Justin Cartwright – The Promise of Happiness

reviewed in The Irish Times, 28th August 2004

Jim Crace – Six

reviewed in The Irish Times, 28th August 2004

Helen Dunmore – Mourning Ruby

reviewed in The Irish Times, 7th August 2004

Graham Swift – The Light of Day

reviewed in The Irish Times, 26th June 2004

Khaled Hosseini – The Kite Runner

reviewed in The Irish Times, 15th May 2004

Adam Hoschchild – King Leopold’s Ghost

reviewed in W Magazine, Issue 17, 1999

Nicholas Rinaldi – The Jukebox Queen of Malta

reviewed in W Magazine, Issue 16, 1998

A Scott Berg – Lindbergh

reviewed in W Magazine, Issue 15, 1998

Niall Williams – Four Letters of Love

reviewed in W Magazine, Issue 14, 1997

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