●●●○○ Roddy Doyle’s highly anticipated novel Smile hit bookshelves at the beginning of this month to mixed reviews. It tells the story of Victor Forde, a middle-aged, failed music journalist who moves back to his hometown following the breakdown of … Continue reading Roddy Doyle’s “Smile” “The memory. It’s like dropping bits of yourself as you go along, isn’t it?”
It is rare that the aesthetic of a volume counts towards its overall merit, but in the case of Deirdre Sullivan’s book of feminist fairytales Tangleweed & Brine (2017), an exploration of its carefully organised pages and beautiful illustrations by … Continue reading “Tangleweed & Brine” by Deirdre Sullivan Review Female Gothic takes center stage
●●●●○ Penguin | Viking Available Now [dropcap]C[/dropcap]olm Tóibín’s latest novel has been hailed as an Irish Oresteia and an Ancient Greek House of Cards. The novel is, at its heart, an adaptation of Aeschylus’ tragic trilogy (with dashes of Sophocles … Continue reading Going Greek: Colm Tóibín’s House of Names – Review
Dan Hegarty is an Irish radio presenter on RTE and author. Tn2 Literature editors Michael Mulooly and Sarah Upton spoke with him about his new book Buried Treasure Vol. 2, a follow up to the first book in the series. … Continue reading Digging for Treasure; An Interview with Dan Hegarty
The Three-Body Problem is one of few Chinese science fiction novels to be translated into English, and the first to win the Hugo Award, with Ken Liu’s translation in 2015. While the book is undoubtedly hard science fiction, this should … Continue reading Jumble: Books from around the World, The Three-Body Problem