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* Kirwan, Larry. Rockin' the Bronx. Brandon, dist. by Dufour. Feb. 2010. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-86322-418-8. pap. $19.95. F Kirwan's second novel (after Liverpool Fantasy) is a tremendous rock 'n' roll [...]

May, Stephen. Life! Death! Prizes! Bloomsbury, dist. by Macmillan. Dec. 2012. c.256p. ISBN 9781620400012. pap. $15. F After his vivacious mother is killed in a bungled robbery attempt, Billy Smith, [...]

Healy, Dermot. Long Time, No See. Viking. Jul. 2012. c.448p. ISBN 9780670023609. $27.95. e Philip Feeney, known as Mister Psyche to the locals of the Irish fishing village Ballintra, spends [...]

* Armitage, Simon. The Death of King Arthur: A New Verse Translation. Norton. 2011. c.288p. ISBN 9780393073973. $26.95. POETRY Award-winning British poet Armitage follows his celebrated 2007 translation of Sir [...]

* Crummey, Michael. Galore. Other. Apr. 2011. c.352p. ISBN 9781590514344. pap. $15.95. F Set in Paradise Deep, Newfoundland, this novel chronicles the intertwined lives and loves of two families, the [...]

* The Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation. Norton. Dec. 2010. c.512p, ed. by Greg Delanty & Michael Matto. index. ISBN 9780393079012. $35. POETRY This brilliant anthology infuses new vigor [...]

* Murphy, Peter. John the Revelator. Houghton. Aug. 2009. c.272p. ISBN 978-0-15-101402-6. $25. F Beautifully humane and sometimes nightmarish, this incredible debut novel by a noted music and culture editor, [...]

Callaghan, Mary Rose. A Bit of a Scandal. Brandon, dist. by Dufour. May 2009. c.192p. ISBN 978-0-86322-388-4. $29.95. F Art historian Louise O'Neill returns to her native Dublin after living [...]

Lelic, Simon. The Facility. Penguin. 2012. c.352p. ISBN 9780143120681. pap. $15. F London dentist Arthur Priestley abruptly disappears. His abduction, however, has been inadvertently recorded. Julia, Priestley's estranged wife, presents [...]

Toomey, John. Huddleston Road. Dalkey Archive. Sept. 2012. c.176p. ISBN 97871564787811. pap. $20. F Dubliner Vic moves to London to attend school and never leaves. Passive and seemingly content to [...]

Delaney, Frank. The Last Storyteller. Random. 2012. c.400p. ISBN 9781400067855. $26. F Ben McCarthy, the protagonist of Delaney's previous novels of Ireland, roams the country collecting lore for the Folklore [...]

Dearie, John F. Where No Storms Come. Blackstaff. Jun. 2011. 258p. ISBN 9780856408588. pap. $18.95. F Dorothy Lohan and Patrick Brennan live in a small rural community on the west [...]

McKeon, Belinda. Solace. Scribner. May 2011. c.336p. ISBN 9781451610543. $24. F Tom Casey farms a small parcel of land near Edgeworthstown in rural Ireland. His son, Mark, lives in Dublin, [...]

SHORT STORIES Doyle, Roddy. Bullfighting. Viking. May 2011. c.224p. ISBN 9780670022878. $25.95. F In Doyle's second short story collection, his unparalleled mastery of dialog and characterization pulses through 13 selections [...]

* Toibin, Colin. The Empty Family: Stories. Scribner. Jan. 2011. c.288p. ISBN 9781439138328. $24. F This work conveys a remarkable cohesion. for a collection of previously published stories. Each tale [...]

Trevor, William. Collected Stories. Vol. 2. Viking. Nov. 2010. c.567p. ISBN 9780670022069. pap. $35. F Gathering 48 stories originally appearing in four volumes, this follow-up collection to 1992's Collected Stories, [...]

McCabe, Patrick. The Stray Sod Country. Bloomsbury, dist. by Macmillan. Oct. 2010. c.352p. ISBN 9781608192748. pap. $15. F Cullymore, 1958. In this respectable border town, Protestants and Catholics rub elbows [...]

* Murray, Paul. Skippy Dies. Faber & Faber. Sept. 2010. c.672p. ISBN 978-0-88547-943-2. $28. F At Dublin's Seabrook College, Skippy survives the daily indignities common to a boarder's life in [...]

Binchy, Chris. Five Days Apart. Harper: HarperCollins. Jul. 2010. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-06-170435-2. $24.99. F Confident and handsome, Alex is everything David is not. He is also David's oldest, closest friend. [...]

MacKenna, John. The Space Between Us. New Island, dist. by Dufour. 2010. 282p. ISBN 978-1-84840-033-7. pap. $27.95. F This fourth novel from MacKenna (Clare) is a breathtaking, perplexing tale. The [...]

Byrne, Trevor. Ghosts & Lightning. Doubleday. Dec. 2009. c.336p. ISBN 978-0-385-53127-6. $24. F Denny Cullen, returning to Dublin from Wales for his mother's funeral, slides back into old friendships, habits, [...]

Milward, Richard. Ten Storey Love Song. Perennial: HarperCollins. Nov. 2009. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-06-183448-6. pap. $13.99. F Milward's brilliant second novel takes place in Middlesbrough, northeast England, the territory mapped-out in [...]

* Trevor, William. Love and Summer. Viking. Sept. 2009. c.240p. ISBN 978-0-670-02123-9. $25.95. F Trevor's first novel since 2002's Booker-short-listed The Story of Lucy Gault beautifully reveals the summer love […]

Updike, David. Old Girlfriends. St. Martin's. Jul. 2009. c.224p. ISBN 978-0-312-55001-1. $24.95. F Updike's latest collection explores thematic territory mapped out in previous work (e.g., Out on the Marsh). As [...]

Caldwell, Joseph. The Pig Comes to Dinner. Delphinium. May 2009. c.255p. ISBN 978-18832-8533-3. $22.99. F This second in a projected trilogy begun with The Pig Did It reintroduces readers to [...]

* Toibin, Colm. Brooklyn. Scribner. May 2009. c.256p. ISBN 978-1-4391-3831-1. $25. F This latest from Toibin (The Master) begins in the southwestern Ireland town of Enniscorthy during the early 1950s, [...]