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THE DEVIL I KNOW by Claire Kilroy

May 16, 2014

WICKEDLY CLEVER SATIRE takes on Ireland’s “Celtic Tiger” boom and bust, along with love, death, metaphysics. B PLUS

Grade: B PLUS

THE DEVIL I KNOW
Black Cat Books
2014

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THE VISITORS by Patrick O’Keeffe

April 9, 2014

TWO IRISH ÉMIGRÉS meet again after years in the US and uncover troubling family secrets. Stark and vivid. SOLID B

THE VISITORS
Viking Adult
2014

Grade: SOLID B

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MA, HE SOLD ME FOR A FEW CIGARETTES, by Martha Long

March 7, 2013

A HORRIFYING CHILDHOOD OF desperate poverty and abuse in 1950s Dublin, vividly recalled.  Harsh, compelling.

Grade: B PLUS

MA, HE SOLD ME FOR A FEW CIGARETTES: A MEMOIR OF DUBLIN IN THE 1950S
Seven Stories Press
2012

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GONE TO AMERIKAY, by Derek McCulloch and Colleen Doran

May 5, 2012

GORGEOUS GRAPHIC NOVEL looks at three generations of the Irish-American experience through interlocking tales.

Grade: B PLUS

GONE TO AMERIKAY
Vertigo
2012

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BULLFIGHTING, by Roddy Doyle

May 24, 2011

RODDY DOYLE’S NEW story collection crafts wistful poetry out of the everyday trials and triumphs of Irish men.

Grade: B PLUS

BULLFIGHTING
Viking
2011

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