The action trundles on at a reasonable rate but, ultimately, we struggle to empathise with this Anglo-Irish misfit and his cohorts
A revealing and insightful piece of reportage by a journalist who refuses to become part of the story
A novel that brilliantly hazes the distinction between past and present, truth and forgery, fiction and fact
Fiction: Turtles All the Way Down, By John Green , Penguin, €20
Memoir: Life is a Funny Business: A Very Personal Story , By Alan Shatter , Poolbeg Press, €14.99
NON-FICTION: Help, By Simon Amstell, Square Peg, €16.10
In most cases, the short stories in Tom Hanks' collection stand on their own and are decent reads, and many rise well above that level
Most people know David McCullagh as co-presenter of RTÉ’s Prime Time, but now the 49-year-old is showing off his literary side with a comprehensive new biography of Eamon de Valera, writes Andrew Lynch
Trevor White has attempted to ensure that Byrne’s extraordinary life is given fitting tribute
Shaw brought his own forensic practicality to Irish politics
Connelly’s book launches during the ground zero moment for that panic: the night of the Brexit vote in June 2016
Blindboy is restlessly creative – he was never going to settle for making novelty songs
AutoBiography: Gooch: The Autobiography, By Colm Cooper, Transworld Ireland, €23
FICTION: A Legacy of Spies, By John le Carré, Viking Penguin, €19
Fiction: Mrs Ormond, By John Banville, Viking Penguin, €20
