New Irish Fiction

Birgit, a young Scandinavian woman, moves to a small island off the coast of Ireland to recover from a suffocating relationship. She meets Geoff, a recovering alcoholic who is mourning the death of his wife. Their stories intertwine, offering the possibility of renewal through redemptive love.

LONGLISTED FOR BOOKTOK AUTHOR OF THE YEAR. Bridesmaids meets The Hangover in the laugh-out-loud rom-com of the year! What happens in Vegas . . .

Having an affair might not always mean being unfaithful . . . Fling is the must-read rom-com from debut author J. F. Murray.

At once heartfelt and hilarious, Fling by Joseph Murray is the story of a fateful - and faithful - affair to remind us all that sometimes, what you're looking for might just be closer than you think.

A brilliantly inventive and often funny story of family and identity, inheritance and birthright, ambiguous loss and finding your way, Frank Walsh's voice will stay with you long after you've finished reading.

A powerful and enthralling first collection of short stories. Each of the stories is possessed of its own unique style and each one introduces the reader to a different and complex series of characters.

Tells the story of Dubliner Charles Hythloday and the heroic squandering of the family inheritance. This title features drinking, greyhound racing, vanishing furniture, more drinking, old movies, assorted Dublin lowlife, eviction and the perils of community theatre.

Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult maths and the Search of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Daniel 'Skippy' Juster is his roommate. In the grand old Dublin institution that is Seabrook College for Boys, nobody pays either of them much attention.

Irresistibly funny, wise and thought-provoking - a tragicomic tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart...

While marooned at his banking job in the bewilderingly damp and insular realm known as Ireland, Claude Martingale is approached by a down-on-his-luck author, Paul, looking for his next great subject. Claude finds that his life gets steadily more exciting under Paul's fictionalizing influence; he even falls in love with a beautiful waitress.