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The Dutch House is a story of siblings, Danny and Maeve Conroy, their obsessive connection with the iconic family house, they lived in as young children, and how their lives unfolded over five decades. The story is narrated by Danny over multiple non-linear time periods. The various time jumps and…

Anguish

Night Boat to Tangier is a powerful and expressive novel with fascinating characters that have corrupted and harmed themselves and those around them. Kevin Barry’s unforgiving poetic style nails the moments that linger in the mind well after the words are gone. 

Maurice Hearne and Charlie Redmond are two ageing, disfigured,…

Penitence 

The Last Patient is a forthright combination of human abuse and how a spark of benevolence can light the way to resolution. 

Maggie Stinson has only a few days remaining before she retires from her social-work job when she is asked to attend to one more patient.

“But Maggie … It’s…

Affirmation

To take a journey through a story enraptured by the characters and setting, to enjoy the slowly maturing and revealing threads of secrets, which friends and family have held close, to witness the family dynamics across a spectrum of personalities, and to appreciate the slow transition towards equality between…