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Roger Boylan’s books include Killoyle, The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad, Killoyle Wine and Cheese, and, most recently, The Adorations.
A lost story shows the young writer struggling in Joyce's shadow
In Peter Stamm's novels, life is more livable when you stop expecting miracles, and desire succumbs to reality.
Julian Barnes asks: How much of what we think makes us special is only a trick of memory?
The posthumous career of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, has been a busy one.
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