A pair of sharp perspectives on modern Irish life
Short stories
A Slanting of the Sun
By Donal Ryan
Doubleday Ireland, €17.50
Beneath the Earth
By John Boyne
Doubleday, €17.50
Reviewed by Joanne Hayden
Though they’re Irish writers of a similar age, John Boyne and Donal Ryan have mapped out different fictional territories. Boyne is best known for historical and children’s ...