O' Connor conjures a vivid vision of rock life

The Thrill of It All

**By** Joseph O'Connor

**Harvill Secker,** €14

**Reviewed by** Anna Carey

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Joseph O’Connor’s hugely enjoyable new novel is a faux-memoir “written” by Robbie Goulding, the fictional guitarist of a fictional rock band called the Ships in the Night. It’s a testament to how convincing the novel is that, when I finished it, I automatically found myself wondering how Robbie Goulding’s bandmates would react to its publication. I had ...