Northern Irish Fiction

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Grace Notes
1.  Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty
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  "Returning to Belfast after a long absense, to attend her father's funeral. Catherine McKenna - a young composer - remembers exactly why she left: the claustrophobic intimacies of the Catholic enclave,"
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Reading In The Dark
2.  Reading In The Dark by Seamus Deane
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  "A novel in which the boy narrator grows up enclosed in two worlds. One is legendary - a Donegal house where children are stolen away by demonic forces; the other is actual - the city of Derry in the N"
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Resurrection Man
3.  Resurrection Man by Eoin McNamee
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  "An stark and, at times, poetical, account of the Shankhill Butchers. A bleakly lyrical, vivid and horribly enthralling dreamscape … the writing is, at its best, spellbinding."
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Harper Perennial Modern Classics - The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
4.  Harper Perennial Modern Classics - The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne by Brian Moore
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  "A timeless classic dealing with the complexity and hardships of relationships, addiction and faith. Judith Hearne, a Catholic middle-aged spinster, moves into yet another bed-sit in Belfast."
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Fat Lad
5.  Fat Lad by Glenn Patterson
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  "When Drew Linden's new job brings him back to his native Belfast, he is determined to remain distant from everything that once tied him there, including his friends and family. But as three generation"
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One by One in the Darkness
6.  One by One in the Darkness by Deirdre Madden
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  "A story about three Northern Irish sisters. It has a double narrative, part of which describes their childhood and shows the impact of the political changes and the violence of the late-1960s upon the"
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Eureka Street
7.  Eureka Street by Robert McLiam Wilson
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  "Belfast, in the six months just before and after the ceasefire. Chuckie Lurgan - fat, Protestant and poor, suddenly becomes wealthy by various means; Jake Jackson - reformed tough guy - is looking for"
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Love and Sleep: A Romance
8.  Love and Sleep: A Romance by Sean O'Reilly
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  "Arriving in Derry,years after he left for a wandering life in Spain and London, he discoversthat very little has changed. The streets are still blighted by sectarianviolence and the grubby pubs still"
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Utterly Monkey
9.  Utterly Monkey by Nick Laird
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  "Danny Williams, a disaffected lawyer from Northern Ireland is working in London. A childhood friend, Geordie, turns up unexpectedly at his door one evening and sets off a chain on dangerous and entert"
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The Green Book
10.  The Green Book by Stephen Brown
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  "Called back to his home town of Derry when he receives a letter telling of his father's strange behaviour, James Green finds that his father's forgetfulness has deeper implications.  His initial indif"
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