‘No Irish novelist since McGahern has been so obsessed with the poetics of love, death and sex. No Irish novelist has so brilliantly captured the suburban underbelly of the city, the crazy unofficial lives.’ Colm Toibin

‘Joyce, O’Flaherty, Brian Moore, a fistful of O’Briens, this is a succulent Who’s Who of Irish writing, and Dermot Bolger is of the same ilk. An exceptional literary gift.’ Independent

‘Bolger’s writing is so strong, so exact, so much the right colour for each moment. Bare and passionate.’ Financial Times

‘a tempestuous…political thriller, a fictional expose of modern times, a tub-thumping rant against the recent past and current attempts to cover up.’
Helen Falconer, The Guardian

‘a telling exploration of the dark aspects of masculinity…Dermot Bolger has produced a polished fable for out times.’
Anne Fogarty, Irish Times

‘an intriguing and often exciting novel from a strong contender for the crown of Ireland’s finest novelist.’
Daily Mail

‘a sophisticated and often electrifying piece of expert storytelling about the ways in which history and present are blended in Ireland.’
Joe O’Connor, The Sunday Tribune

Praise for Dermot Bolger

'Temptation'

'A beautifully understated novel whose portrait of a self-doubting woman is handled with rare and sensitive perspicacity.'
DAILY MAIL

'Father's Music'

'Everything of the alienated urban underbelly is here, in a potent brew. Dermot Bolger creates a Dublin, a particular world like no one else writing can.'
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

'Emily's Shoes'

'Triumphantly successful – bare and passionate.'
FINANCIAL TIMES

'The Woman's Daughter'

'One of the essential Irish novels, certainly of the decade, and possibly of many another.'
SUNDAY TRIBUNE