Dermot Bolger

Dermot Bolger

What happened after the happy ever after

What happened after the happy ever after

Remember Me Like This. By Bret Anthony Johnston. Two Roads/Hodder, €22.65. Reviewed by Dermot Bolger.

Quiet words that reflect the universal experience of conflict

Quiet words that reflect the universal experience of conflict

Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting and Other Poems. By Kevin Powers. Sceptre, €16.35. Reviewed by Dermot Bolger.

Casualties of war pile up in a harrowing collection of stories

Casualties of war pile up in a harrowing collection of stories

Redeployment. By Phil Klay. Canongate, €18.90. Reviewed by Dermot Bolger.

Informative account of Ireland during WWII

Informative account of Ireland during WWII

Ireland During the Second World War: Farewell to Plato's Cave. By Bryce Evans. Manchester University Press, €88.20. Reviewed by Dermot Bolger.

Analysing the repercussions of what didn't happen next

Analysing the repercussions of what didn't happen next

Altered Pasts Counterfactuals in History. By Richard J Evans. Little, Brown, €25.20. Reviewed by Dermot Bolger.

Conflict and class war among the mountains in WWII

Conflict and class war among the mountains in WWII

In the Light of Morning. By Tim Pears Heinemann, €22.65. Reviewed by Dermot Bolger.

Fascinating and detailed study of a perennially voiceless people

Fascinating and detailed study of a perennially voiceless people

I Met Lucky People. The Story of the Romani Gypsies. By Yaron Matras Allen Lane, €25.20. Reviewed by Dermot Bolger.

Reflections on a life about to start and another at its end

Reflections on a life about to start and another at its end

The Mirror. By Richard Skinner. Faber & Faber, €18.90. Reviewed by Dermot Bolger.

Boru's millennium is marked by a magisterial study of his defining hour

Boru's millennium is marked by a magisterial study of his defining hour

Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf. By Sean Duffy. Gill & Macmillan, €25. Reviewed by Dermot Bolger.

Contentious memoirs of a 1916 rebel commander

Contentious memoirs of a 1916 rebel commander

Dublin Burning: The Easter Rising From Behind The Barricades by WJ Brennan-Whitmore. Gill & Macmillan, €20. Reviewed by Dermot Bolger.

Harrowing journey into grief pays off for reader

Harrowing journey into grief pays off for reader

Enon by Paul Harding. Heinemann, €15.10. Reviewed by Dermot Bolger.

The last days of peace

The last days of peace

1913: The Year Before the Storm by Florian Illies. Clerkenwell Press, €18.90. Reviewed by Dermot Bolger.

Atmosphere and insight in tale of astronauts' wives

Atmosphere and insight in tale of astronauts' wives

The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story by Lily Koppel. Headline, €18.90. Reviewed by Dermot Bolger.

Artistic Licence: Published with pride

Artistic Licence: Published with pride

The precarious nature of a poet's life makes small cheques always welcome, writes Dermot Bolger.

Rediscovering humanity in a devastated world

Rediscovering humanity in a devastated world

The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook. Viking, €18.90. Reviewed by Dermot Bolger.