Secondhand Irish Fiction Books

In this slim, attractive collection of short stories, Harry Crosbie colourfully describes life in Dublin in the 1960s. These funny and poignant pieces are told from the perspective of a...

When Orla is handed an envelope by her father, she is perplexed by what she finds - a photograph of her parents, taken the summer she was born. Her heavily...

Harry Fielding has had enough. He's had enough of his adopted city, and he's tired of his flat, which smells of gas and longing. Most of all though he's finished...

'Gorgeous, immersive... both epic and intimate, funny and wise' Roisin O'Donnell'Moving, thought-provoking, and utterly delightful' Elif BatumanYou could probably run cities on the energy generated between directors like him and...

AN IRISH TIMES DEBUT AUTHOR TO LOOK OUT FOR 2025'Beautifully written' LOUISE KENNEDY'Full of verve and wit and humanity' MARY COSTELLO'Clever and original' TLS'A tremendous new talent' KEVIN BARRY Mairead...

It is 1944. Honor Cusack is a first-year medical student at University College Dublin. She becomes involved with a young German doctor, Oscar Raeder, who has been studying in Dublin...

An Irish Independent Book of the Year. As the great John McGahern used to say, there's verse, and there's prose, and then there's poetry; William Wall is a poet in...

Sean Galvin isn't like the other children. While they play and laugh and keep on growing up, Sean doesn't. Instead he does stuff to things. Things like cats and dogs....

Spanning the years between the Wars,this is a novel about betrayal & a troubled Ireland.But most of all it speaks of the women who unite against the violence that is...

An island community faces its final struggle for survival. The herring shoals move beyond the reach of the islanders' small boats. Hughie Duffy, who spent time in prison and developed...

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Sixteen stories, sixteen intriguing situations, and a fascinating cast of characters populate The Far Side of Happiness, Boland's debut short fiction collection. An unemployed man, living alone, experiences a brief...

Three friends reunited. Three wishes made long ago. And one life-changing book.'Not something you'll ever want to put down' Sunday Independent'One of the smartest writers of popular fiction around' Irish...

Friendship, love and isolation - both self-imposed and involuntary - and the quiet bravery of one woman are at the heart of this new novel. The time is the recent...

The small Caravaggio which hangs in the chapel of Doon Abbey in Kildare attracts visitors to the abbey from far and wide. One night, however, the painting disappears. The Sister...

When her daughter finally starts asking questions about her father, Becky goes in search of answers - but nothing could prepare her for what she discovers...A heartfelt, uplifting story of...

From the No. 1 international bestseller Cathy Kelly, a novel of love and longing, wishes and yearning. They all just want one thing in life - and then they'll be...

Focusing on the dilemmas of contemporary women and issues of responsibility and choice, Clare Boylan's writing has become a much-loved voice of contemporary fiction. Here, published in a single volume...

When a group of solo travellers meet for dinner on the first night of a luxury cruise, alliances are quickly formed. But as the ship makes its way through azure...