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John Walshe

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Books

Book review: Past and present intertwine in wild and magnificent Irish epic

In Thirsty Ghosts, Emer Martin revisits the O’Conaill family of her previous novel, whose members are now adults struggling to survive in 1970s Ireland
  • John Walshe
  • September 23, 2023
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Book review: Dutch author’s exploration of anxiety is fascinating and relatable

In The Anxiety Project, Dutch journalist and novelist Daan Heerma van Voss, who himself suffers from crippling fear, takes a literary look at the condition
  • John Walshe
  • September 14, 2023

Simply Better
Back to School

Delicious recipes by Neven Maguire

Interview

Writer Enda Walsh on burnout, the human spirit and his lifelong friendship with Cillian Murphy

The playwright and screenwriter is previewing his new theatre work at Cork’s Sounds From a Safe Harbour festival. Here he explains why theatre should never be ‘safe’
  • John Walshe
  • September 1, 2023
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Book review: Khaled Khalifa weaves poetry and history into this Syrian epic

In No One Prayed Over Their Graves, faith and politics intertwine with the personal in a tale of friends and family across generations
  • John Walshe
  • August 11, 2023
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Book review: Searing memoir delves into the relationship between mother, daughter and alcohol

Cork-born Noelle McCarthy has made a name for herself as a journalist in New Zealand, but in Grand she returns home to explore the addiction that ravaged her family
  • John Walshe
  • August 8, 2023
Book Review

Book review: Brooke Robinson’s hyped debut thriller gets lost in translation

has been hailed as one of the biggest crime books of the year, but while it moves along at pace, it breaks the bounds of believability
  • John Walshe
  • July 28, 2023
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Book review: Elite group of men rule the roost in a post-apocalyptic hellhole Dublin

Silent City continues Sarah Davis-Goff’s nightmarish tale of dystopian Ireland
  • John Walshe
  • July 20, 2023
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Book review – Nick Drake: The Life is the definitive account of tragic music icon

Richard Morton Jack has delved deep into the short and poignant life of one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 20th century
  • John Walshe
  • July 13, 2023
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Book review: Jo Spain’s rip-roaring new thriller flits from the Caribbean to London and Donegal

Don’t Look Back is unlikely to win any literary awards but that doesn’t mean it’s not ideal for picking up in an airport as you jet away on your holidays
  • John Walshe
  • July 6, 2023
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Book review: The Rachel Incident ploughs the horrid awkwardness of adolescence for belly laughs

Cork-born Caroline O’Donoghue’s third novel for adults is genuinely warmhearted and is the kind of laugh-out-loud funny you normally only find in stand-up comedy
  • John Walshe
  • June 27, 2023
Book Review

Book review: Cassandra Complex indulges in a little light time travel on the spectrum

The million-selling author of the Geek Girl novels, Holly Smale, has turned her personal experience of autism into a funny, insightful novel
  • John Walshe
  • June 16, 2023
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Book review: How to Build a Boat is on solid ground with tale of love, friends and neurodiversity

Elaine Feeney’s second novel is a beautifully told story that features a memorable cast of characters that ring true
  • John Walshe
  • May 31, 2023
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Have book, will travel: Business Post writers select the best reads of summer

Business Post Magazine contributors Andrew Lynch, Andrea Cleary, John Walshe and Pat Carty unpack their best of summer books
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  • Andrea Cleary,
  • John Walsheand
  • Pat Carty
  • May 27, 2023
Book Review

Book review: Yellowface is a biting satire on the social media-obsessed literary world

Rebecca F Kuang’s hotly anticipated foray into non-fantasy works better as lampoon than thriller, for the main reason that her narrator is so unlikeable
  • John Walshe
  • May 25, 2023
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Book review: There’s a germ of truth in saying the real rulers of the world are bacteria

In Pathogenesis, Jonathan Kennedy gives a gripping and accessible account of how pathogens have shaped our entire history, and all life on this planet, pointing out that we ‘are just squatters here’
  • John Walshe
  • May 20, 2023
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Book review: Sarah Gilmartin dishes up a darkly addictive tale of food, celebrity and rape

Service begins as a delicious, scandalous glimpse behind the veil of a famous chef’s ego and talent, but becomes something much more sinister
  • John Walshe
  • May 9, 2023
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Book review: Beautifully told twin tales of discovery rooted in real life

Skilled storyteller Billy O’Callaghan brings both history and fiction to life in this novel connecting the Jewish communities of Cork and Vienna
  • John Walshe
  • May 3, 2023
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Book review: Arthur and Teddy shows how difficult it can be coming out even today

Debut novel reveals occasional glimpses into the darker reality of being gay, but the book is somewhat overlong
  • John Walshe
  • May 2, 2023
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Book review: Whip smart Romantic Comedy stays just the right side of twee

Cult US author Curtis Sittenfeld’s seventh novel, set around a famous TV show, is an enjoyable read that engages both the head and the heart
  • John Walshe
  • April 26, 2023
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Book review: Birnam Wood sees eco-activists get caught in a moral tangle

Booker Prize winning author rolls out a gripping literary thriller riding on the choice between what’s wrong and what’s hard
  • John Walshe
  • April 17, 2023

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