Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Top 10 contemporary Irish novels

From Foyles' top 10 list of contemporary Irish novels:
Amongst Women
by John McGahern

Description: Moran is an old Republican whose life was forever transformed by his days of glory as a guerrilla leader in the War of Independence. Now, in old age, living out in the country, Moran is still fighting - with his family, his friends, even himself - in a poignant struggle to come to terms with the past.
Read about all ten titles.

Amongst Women also appears on Frank Delaney's top ten Irish novels list.

Check out Declan Burke's top 10 list of Irish crime fiction.

--Marshal Zeringue