Debut novel is a class act from Karl Geary

FICTION: Montpelier Parade, By Karl Geary, Harvill Secker, €17.25

Montpelier Parade is a tale of teenage obsession. Set in the Dublin suburbs in the 1980s, it charts the coming of age of its protagonist, Sonny, from uncertain adolescence to the slightly surer ground of manhood.

Written by actor and screenwriter Karl Geary, whose credits include Sex and the City and Ken Loach’s Jimmy Hall, it displays a remarkable surety of tone and character, ...