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Sunday, May 27, 2007

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Read Ireland Book Reviews – Issue 379 – Recent Reprints ------------------------------------------------------- Contents: 1. Irish Family Feuds: Battles Over Money, Sex and Power by Liam Collins 2. Stone Mad by Seamus Murphy 3. Fear of the Collar: My Terrifying Chidhood in Artane by Patrick Touher 4. The Irish Republic by Dorothy Macardle 5. Locke’s Distillery: A History by Andrew Bielenberg 6. Vanishing Ireland by James Fennell and Turtle Bunbury 7. British Voices from the Irish War of Independence 1918-1921 by William Sherman 8. Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge 9. Illustrated Favourite Poems We Learned in School by Thomas F. Walsh. 10. An Chead Chloch by Padraic O Conaire 11. Diamonds and Hole in My Shoes: A Memoir by Deirdre Purcell 12. Between the Mountains and the Sea: Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County by Peter Pearson ----------------------------- 1. Irish Family Feuds: Battles Over Money, Sex and Power by Liam Collins (Trade Paperback; 15 Euro / 20 USD / 11 UK; 260 pages) Ireland is a land of feuds. People quarrel over money and love but the most destructive disputes arise when family members fall out. In this book the author explores the deeply divisive boardroom battles that have shaken some of Ireland’s wealthiest and best-known families. But it isn’t all about money and power. Passion plays its part and sometimes leaves a bitter legacy that is never healed. When a husband ran off with a younger women his scorned wife planned her revenge, taking care to cause him lasting damage. A child born to a businessman and his new mistress provoked a family feud that has lasted many generations. When sex, money and power collide, the results can be catastrophic for the feuding clan. The author looks at cases that have hit the headlines and delves into the secret world of feuding families. The first printing sold out in a few weeks and this new revised edition is likely to do the same – very quickly! ----------------------------------- 2. Stone Mad by Seamus Murphy (Trade Paperback; 15 Euro / 20 USD / 11 UK; 230 pages) Memories of seven years as an apprentice stonecarver by a craftsman/artist who became one of Ireland's most repsected sculptors. The young Seamus Murphy, studying modelling at the Crawford School of Art in Cork in the early 1920s, took the unusual step of apprenticing himself to a master stonecarver to learn the ancient craft of the mason. 'Stone Mad' tells the story of the seven years of growing knowledge of the challenges and joys of stone - and of the men who worked it. His artistic feeling for quality responded to his workmates' reverence for the'well-made thing', their insistence on the making of the hand before the mind and heart could properly speak. The result is a book of surpassing beauty, full of warmth, humour and perception. 'A delightful and classically simple book that incidentally strikes far deeper than its subject implies. In the sharply formal conversations of the stonemen the bitter-sweet flavour of provincial Ireland is presented with neither sentiment nor adornment; there are lines to read between, and it's a pleasure to do so.' William Trevor, Guardian --------------------------------------- 3. Fear of the Collar: My Terrifying Chidhood in Artane by Patrick Touher (Paperback; 12 Euro / 16 USD / 9 UK) Life in Artane Industrial School was an education in cruelty and fear. Run by the Christian Brothers, the school has become synonymous with the widespread abuse of children in Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s and is currently under police investigation. Patrick Touher's story bears testament to the courage and determination of the children who were forgotten by society. Sent there at age eight, Patrick Touher spent eight long years in Artane Industrial School under the oppressive rule of the Christian Bothers. --------------------------------- 4. The Irish Republic by Dorothy Macardle (Hardback; 55 Euro / 80 USD / 40 UK; 1060 pages) A complete history of the struggle that began on Easter Monday 1916, with the proclamation of the Republic and ended, or seemed to end, with the Republican defeat and cease fire order of May 24th, 1923. Dorothy Mcardle herself states, "This is not a narrative of battles and ambushes, it is with the political rather than the military aspect that the book deals". First published in 1937 and considered a seminal work of Irish nationalism and political republicanism, this edition contains the prefaces from all three previous editions as well as a new preface by Terry de Valera, son of the late Eamon de Valera. (Special Offer: Order a copy of Dorothy Macardle’s The Irish Republic and receive a FREE copy of her Tragedies of Kerry!) ------------------------------------- 5. Locke’s Distillery: A History by Andrew Bielenberg (Trade Paperback with Endflaps; 12 Euro / 15 USD / 9 UK; 124 pages, with 8-page black-and-white photo insert) Originally published in 1993 Locke's Distillery is being reissued to celebrate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the company. Despite market dominance by Scotch in this century, Irish whiskey remains its peer. Locke's Distillery has been manufacturing its famous brand of whiskey on the banks of the Brusna river in Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath, since 1757, linking Ireland's industrial past to its future. From business archives and family papers, Andy Bielenberg has written a compelling history of the fluctuating fortunes f the distillery, tracing its origins and transformations in organization through the years to its present-day revival. He surveys the buildings and machinery, the process of distillation and marketing strategies, as well as documenting the Locke family's role within the company and their contribution to the social life of the midlands. Illustrated by period photographs, portraits and trade labels, and augmented by useful tables and appendix matter, Locke's Distillery will be of keen interest to regional and economic historians, and fascinate all who savour Irish whiskey and its traditions. (Also available in Hardback, priced at 20 Euro). -------------------------------------- 6. Vanishing Ireland by James Fennell and Turtle Bunbury (Large Format Hardback; 30 Euro / 39 USD / 24 UK; 180 pages, with black-and-white photos throughout) "Vanishing Ireland" is a unique collection of portrait interviews looking at the dying ways and traditions of Irish life and taking us back to an Ireland virtually unrecognisable to today's post-boom generation. Illustrated with over a hundred evocative and stunning photographs, we meet the people and customs that shaped the cultural identity of the Irish nation. Through their own words and memories, sixty-four men and women transport us back to a time when people lived off the land and the sea, when music and storytelling were essential parts of life, when a person was defined by their trade. Divided into five parts - Children of the Field, Children of the Music, Children of the Horse, Children of the Trade and Children of the Water - "Vanishing Ireland" brings together the stories of those who lived through Ireland's formative years. We hear of children harassed by the Black and Tans, of ceilis in kitchens, and the rigours of working in the fields, of the wonder of electricity and the devastation of emigration. From coalminers to saddlers, farmers to fishermen, along with horse dealers, publicans, housemaids and musicians - these remarkably poignant interviews and photographs, in their simplicity and honesty, will make you laugh and cry but, above all, will provide a valuable chronicle that connects twenty-first century Ireland to a rapidly disappearing world. -------------------------------------- 7. British Voices from the Irish War of Independence 1918-1921 by William Sherman (Paperback; 13 Euro / 17 USD / 9 UK; 250 pages) The Irish War of Independence has generated a wealth of published material but very little from a British perspective. Many British soldiers, sailors and airmen who served in Ireland from 1918-1921 left accounts of their service. Most describe military operations, views on the IRA, the Irish, the actions of their own forces, morale and relationships with local communities. Secret contacts between the British and the IRA and the use and abuse of intelligence are described. The author has gone deep into British military archives to unearth never before published accounts. ------------------------------------- 8. Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge (Paperback; 10 Euro / 13 USD / 7 UK; 200 pages) The poetry of Francis Ledwidge evokes an Ireland of traditional nostalgia. But Seamus Heaney has said of Ledwidge that his fate was more complex and more modern; his moral courage alone gave him "membership in the company of the walking wounded, wherever they are to be found at any given time". He was killed in action in 1917, and Irish poet who richly deserves a place in the ranks of his British counterparts Wifred Owen, Rupert Brooke and Siegfried Sassoon. ---------------------------------- 9. Illustrated Favourite Poems We Learned in School by Thomas F. Walsh (Large Square Paperback; 15 Euro / 20 USD / 11 UK; 120 pages, with black-and-white photos throughout) "Favourite Poems We Learned at School" and its companion volumes "More Favourite Poems We Learned at School" and "Favourite Poems We Learned at School as Gaeilge" have become enduring bestsellers in Ireland. The illustrated edition takes forty of the most popular poems from the three volumes and juxtaposes them with classic photographs of children, schoolrooms and teachers of times past - some humorous, some quirky, some poignant. The photographs are drawn from sources such as the great collections of Lawrence, Poole and Father Browne, the archives of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum and from the portfolios of individual photographers, some famous, many anonymous. The anthology contains such gems as "The Village Blacksmith", "Daffodils", "Sea Fever" and "All Things Bright and Beautiful", which readers will remember with affection from their own schooldays. It is truly a collection to treasure. --------------------------------- 10. An Chead Chloch by Padraic O Conaire (Paperback; 11 Euro / 15 USD / 7 UK; 105 pages) Eight short stories (in Irish) that deal with themes of tragic love, jealousy, betrayal and displacement. A classic of Irish literature. ---------------------------------- 11. Diamonds and Hole in My Shoes: A Memoir by Deirdre Purcell (Paperback; 9 Euro / 13 USD / 6 UK; 354 pages) When Deirdre Purcell turned sixty, she cheered. Never again would she have to worry about fitting into a size ten dress, and while her dream of crossing the US on a Harley remains active, if it is never realised, well, she'll live. In "Diamonds and Holes in My Shoes", for the first time, this much-loved storyteller takes stock of her years to date and reveals very personal memories and reflections. From her earliest days as a child with a large imagination trotting perilously close to the edge of the River Tolka near her home, her head buried in her library book, she weaves an engrossing tapestry of a resilient personal and professional life punctuated by astonishing and sudden changes. Recounted with characteristic frankness, humour and insight, Deirdre chronicles her years as an Abbey actress, the challenges of being the first female anchor of RTAe's Nine O'Clock News, the triumphs and failures as an acclaimed journalist who elicited memorable interviews from a host of famous personalities, the break-up of a marriage in an era when tolerance of single mothers was not as it is now - and her transition into the peculiar life of the novelist via the ghost-writing of Gay Byrne's autobiography. Illustrated with a treasure trove of photographs, "Diamonds and Holes in My Shoes" is the personal story behind the storyteller from a keen observer who has recorded a dramatically changing Ireland over the past sixty years. ------------------------------- Only a Couple Copies Remaining: 12. Between the Mountains and the Sea: Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County by Peter Pearson (Hardback (Now Out of Print): 40 Euro / 52 USD / 30 UK; Illustrated with over 700 photographs, old prints, maps, etchings. 378 pages) Dublin city is blessed in its location, between the splendid Dublin/Wicklow mountains and the beautiful Dublin bay, and in this setting the hinterland of the city has grown over the centuries into a rich heritage of inner and outer suburbs as important as the city centre itself. In this book, Pearson tells of the geographical, economic and social history of this area, its famous inhabitants, its agricultural development, methods of transport, sport and recreational aspects, but most of all he details the architectural heritage of the county which is studded with riches from many different eras, and with the most desirable homes in the country. ---------------------------------------------- Previous Issue: --------------- Read Ireland Book Reviews – Issue 378 – Irish Fiction Contents: 1. The Faber Book of Best New Irish Short Stories 2006-7 edited by David Marcus 2. Soft Voices Whispering by Adrienne Dines 3. Placements by Rose MacBride 4. American Girls by Susan Millar DuMars 5. Nothing Happens in Carmincross by Benedict Kiely 6. Langrishe, Go Down by Aidan Higgins 7. Black Cat Black Dog by John Creed 8. The Illusionist by Jennifer Johnston 9. The Free and Easy by Anne Haverty 10. Tenderwire by Claire Kilroy 11. Pretending by Caroline Williams 12. Animals by Keith Ridgway 13. Where the Rain Gets In by Adrian White 14. All Because of You by Melissa Hill 15. Cinderella’s Sister by Anne Dunlop ------------------------------------ 1. The Faber Book of Best New Irish Short Stories 2006-7 edited by David Marcus (Trade Paperback; 16 Euro / 21 USD / 13 UK; 312 pages) Following his acclaimed 2004-5 selection, David Marcus presents 24 new stories that once again show the vibrancy and relevance of the short story today. Featuring previously unpublished authors alongside established names, it is an important and timely collection that celebrates the place of the short story in Ireland’s literary heritage while looking forward to the new generation of writers emerging. Stories by: John Banville, Michael J. Farrell, Eilis Ni Dhuibhne, Joseph O’Neill, Dermot Bolger, Emma Donoghue, Philip MacCann, Patrick McCabe, Joseph O’Connor, Anne Enright, Aidan Mathews, Anthony Glavin, Breda Wall Ryan, Harry Clifton, Carlo Gebler, Desmond Hogan, Mary Leland, Frank McGuinness, Bridget O’Toole, Vincent Banville, Mary Dorcey, Eoin McNamee, Mary Byrne and Sebastian Barry. --------------------------------- 2. Soft Voices Whispering by Adrienne Dines (Paperback; 11 Euro / 15 USD / 9 UK; 376 pages) When Eleanor Morrissey leaves Kildoran on a dark September night in 1930, nobody is sorry to see her go and nobody expects to see her return. As far as the villagers are concerned, the Morrisseys have been shamed out of town forever. Fifty years later, some visitors attend the funeral of the convent's Mother Superior. When the funeral is over, one woman stays behind. Until she is free to leave again, she must struggle to understand her legacy - a legacy of voices. Threatening, angry, accusing voices that only she can hear, because they are soft voices - whispering. ---------------------------------- 3. Placements by Rose MacBride (Paperback; 12 Euro / 17 USD / 9 UK; 100 pages) This short novel is set in Montreal during 1978 shortly after Quebec elected its first Separatist Government. The story is written around an elderly woman, an immigrant of Eastern European origins. She is abandoned by her family, who are unable to care for her, in the emergency room of an Anglophone hospital. The story also articulates the plight of English-speakers and their flight from increasing hostility as the newly elected government sets about creating a ‘French’ society in Quebec. ----------------------------------- 4. American Girls by Susan Millar DuMars (Paperback; 12 Euro / 17 USD / 9 UK; 66 pages) In this collection the author performs eight deft illuminations of human loss and longing. ----------------------- Available in Paperback: ----------------------- 5. Nothing Happens in Carmincross by Benedict Kiely (12 Euro / 17 USD / 9 UK; 265 pages) Carmincross, where nothing happens, is a small town in Ulster. Mervyn Kavanagh, one of its wandering sons (Catholic as opposed to Protestant) has been teaching in America's 'semi-Deep South', where he has acquired - and lost - a wife. Now, in 1973, he is on his way home to attend the wedding of a favourite niece. As he sets off from Shannon toward tranquil Carmincross in the company of a former girlfriend, warm memories come flooding back. But one cloud proves impossible to dispel, for Mervyn is haunted by dark thoughts of bombs, rubber bullets, political murder, political mutilation, terrorism and counterterrorism - not only in Ireland, but with the Troubles, naturally enough, uppermost in his mind. For some, he meets en route, the perpetrators are gallant freedom fighters; for others, terrorist fanatics. Yet as the arguments bubble, another outrage is being prepared; and when at last it strikes, with a terrible inevitability, in Carmincross itself, the consequences are horrifyingly unpredictable. Tense, ironic, humane, horrifying and brutally funny, "Nothing Happens in Carmincross" is a masterpiece by one of Northern Ireland's greatest writers. --------------------------------- 6. Langrishe, Go Down by Aidan Higgins (13 Euro / 17 USD / 10 UK; 260 pages) Imogen Langrishe, youngest of the four Langrishe sisters, whose name has long meant money, status and respect to the people of Celbridge, County Kildare, embarks on a reckless love affair. Set against the backdrop of a crumbling 1930s Europe, this classic Irish novel depicts the demise of the old order of power in Ireland, as Imogen’s loss of inhibition leads her deeper into the sensual yet lonely world of despair and heartbreak. A certified Irish masterpiece! -------------------------------- 7. Black Cat Black Dog by John Creed (9 Euro / 12 USD / 7 UK; 288 pages) When a set of dog tags, supposedly belonging to a seaman missing since the early 1950s, is washed up on a beach in modern-day Co. Antrim, Jack Valentine 'deadbeat ex-spook' finds himself being pulled back towards his previous life once more. But what can the disturbance of an old North Sea arms dump, dating back to the end of the Second World War, have to do with a botched US mission to Iraq in the early 1990s? ---------------------------------- 8. The Illusionist by Jennifer Johnston (11 Euro / 15 USD / 8 UK; 280 pages) When Stella first meets Martyn, he's just a stranger on a train. She knows nothing at all about him. But very quickly she is won over by his charm and breathtaking illusions, and when he asks her to marry him, she agrees. However, as they begin their life together, Stella starts to feel uneasy. What exactly is the show-stopping illusion he claims to be working on, locked away in that room? Who are those men that visit the house at strange hours? And why are her questions never answered? As Stella realises that she barely knows the man she married, her thoughts turn to escape. --------------------------------- 9. The Free and Easy by Anne Haverty (11 Euro / 15 USD / 8 UK; 280 pages) A wealthy American is burdened by a recurrent dream about his native Ireland, a country that had long ceased to interest or troubles him. Convinced that the Irish are asking him for help, he equips his errant grand-nephew, Tom Blessman, with a generous bank account, and dispatches him to the old country to offer assistance. In Dublin, Tom is bewildered to find a city thronged with glossy, happening people and an economy in overdrive. The Irish apparently want for nothing. As Tom attempts to make sense of it all - and to resolve his own personal history - he falls in with a fascinating gallery of characters, some of them super-rich, some trying to make their way in this opportunistic new world, and others pinning their hopes and ambitions to art, literature and 'heritage projects'. Central to this alluring scene is the sprawling Kinane family, especially Eileen, the lost soul of the family, whose waif-like beauty Tom pursues through the city's bars, art galleries and parties, becoming ever more entangled with the dangerous Irish merry-go-round. Teeming with brilliant characters, clamorous with the life of Dublin's pubs and cafes, and the atmosphere of its streets, "The Free And Easy" is a hugely entertaining and mordant take on Ireland past and present from one of Ireland's most stylish and interesting writers. ------------------------------------ 10. Tenderwire by Claire Kilroy (Paperback; 11 Euro / 15 USD / 8 UK; 266 pages) Eva Tyne, an Irish violinist living and working in New York, collapses after her solo debut and is rushed to hospital. Still dazed after the incident, she finds herself embarked on a chaotic and dangerous odyssey. Leaving her steady partner, she quickly falls in love with a mysterious man, and shortly thereafter comes across a rare violin of dubious provenance, for which she must raise the required payment in cash in less than a week. But, haunted by the ghost of her father, racked with jealousy, and unsure whom she can trust around her, Eva soon finds herself playing a desperate psychological game as her desires threaten to destroy her. Narrated in Eva's unforgettable voice - at once passionate and unreliable - "Tenderwire" is a novel of immense pace and skill, a guessing game and a whodunnit that surprises at every turn. --------------------------------- 11. Pretending by Caroline Williams (9 Euro / 12 USD / 7 UK; 388 pages) Cuan - twentysomething but an eternal adolescent - enchants everyone he meets. So he has Martina, nearly a decade older, distracted with longing, and his first love, Eleanor, haunted by questions. Oddly, despite his powers of attraction, Cuan connects with no one. However, everything changes when Cuan's seven-year-old daughter comes back into his life and he realizes that it's time to grow up and to face up to who he really is and where love fits into his life. As Martina, Eleanor and Cuan try to figure out the meaning of love, commitment and family - how to live in families and how to grow up despite them - they stagger towards maturity and alternative new families of their own. Pretending is a tender and addictive story of love, desire, secrets, confused identities and learning to be who you really are - not what you pretend to be. --------------------------------- 12. Animals by Keith Ridgway (11 Euro / 15 USD / 8 UK; 265 pages) A novel of confusion and paranoia, love and doubt, fear and hysteria: unsettling, unhinged, provocative and bestially funny, 'Animals' is for human beings everywhere. Keith Ridgway's third novel is a psychological menagerie of confusion, paranoia, searching and love. Narrated by an illustrator who can no longer draw, it tells of the sudden and inexplicable collapse of a private life, and the subsequent stubborn search for a place from which to take stock. We are surrounded here -- by unsafe or haunted buildings, by artists and capitalists who flirt with terror, by writers and actresses and the deals they have made with unreality, and by the artificial, utterly constructed, scripted city in which we have agreed to live out a version of living. But there are cracks in the facade, and there are stirrings under the floorboards, and there are animals everywhere you look, if only you'd dare to look for them. Unsettling, unhinged, provocative and richly funny, 'Animals' is for human beings everywhere. --------------------------------- 13. Where the Rain Gets In by Adrian White (9 Euro / 12 USD / 7 UK; 275 pages) Katie McGuire has a perfect life. She has looks, brains, a great career and an exciting media profile. Her life is ordered and controlled and far removed from her chaotic childhood. It is a life she is determined never to let go or share. One day Katie's rigid routine is shattered by a voice from the past - Mike Maguire, the only man she ever let close to her heart, insisting that he has to see her after twenty years. She knows that 'Nice Guy Mike' could always under her skin. Even worse, his appearance brings with it the threat that events she thought long dead and buried - a daring sting in a Las Vegas casino and a nerve-racking road trip through the Arizona desert - will land her in jail. Katie realises that to restore her peace of mind she has to meet Mike. But when she does she finds herself on a surprising emotional and physical journey, one that may change her perfect life forever. If she lets it! ----------------- Romantic Fiction: ----------------- 14. All Because of You by Melissa Hill (Mass Market Paperback; 10 Euro / 13 USD / 7 UK; 450 pages) Tara Harrington’s life seems perfect – a successful career as a life coach, the flashy sports car to match, and a happy home with Glenn. But when Tara’s difficult younger sister Emma announces she’s pregnant, and refuses to divulge who the father is, suspicions are aroused all round. Best-friend Liz’s fairytale husband, Eric, suddenly doesn’t seem so Prince Charming any more, and their move from the city to the country isn’t working out as planned. Can Tara help her friend through it? Glamorous London PR girl Natalie has everything she ever wanted – except a husband. And when Tara agrees to coach her in landing the latest ‘man of her dreams’, the two women soon find they have more in common than either had imagined. ------------------------------------- 15. Cinderella’s Sister by Anne Dunlop (Trade Paperback; 14 Euro / 18 USD / 10 UK; 340 pages) Francesca and Camilla are identical twins. Camilla is the brighter variation on the theme and Francesca has her nose stuck in a book. After a holiday romance, Francesca marries Will, a middle aged African builder. At their wedding, Aunt Grace wears black and announces: "Francesca's life is going to change utterly when she's forty. Mark my words Francesca..." Everyone laughed at the time, even Francesca. "She shouldn't be allowed anything stronger than cooking sherry", they said. Now Francesca is forty. She has three small children under the age of three and she's pregnant again. Aunt Grace's eccentric prediction has come back to haunt her because there is a whisper on the dusty streets of Botswana - Wendy Smith, the large breasted dentist has taken a lover. He is a married man with children and he hates his family and cannot bear to live with them a minute longer. 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