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Such is the wrath of the mothers, such is the cry of the mothers, such is the lamentation of the mothers. Ageing Dilly Macready lies in her hospital bed in...

History is everywhere. It seeps into the soil, the sub-soil. Like rain, or hail, or snow, or blood. Josie O'Grady is an elderly woman, living alone in her dilapidated big...

The road silent, somnolent yet with a speech of its own, speaking back to them, father and child, through trappings of sun and fretted verdure, speaking of the old mutinies...

'A fantastically gripping story of love and betrayal, told with the masterful skill of a passionate storyteller. It kept me riveted until the last page!' BARBARA ERSKINE     'Anne...

Flann O'Brien's first novel is a brilliant impressionistic jumble of ideas, mythology and nonsense. Operating on many levels it incorporates plots within plots, giving full rein to O'Brien's dancing intellect...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark of Irish modernist fiction, Night is a hypnotic interior monologue...

Set amongst the rolling vineyards and gentle courtyards of a small seaside village in Catalonia, Patrick O'Brian's second novel is a poignant story of tumultuous love, complex faith and one...

The Complete Short Stories is the most comprehensive collection of O'Brian's short fiction ever published. An essential volume, certain to enchant O'Brian admirers as well as readers who are fortunate...

Author: Anne O'Brien Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 'A compelling tale of a family caught up in the turmoil of the Wars of the Roses... Be warned: it's dangerously...

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. At the opening of a voyage filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and...

The third book in the O'Brien City Series, Discover Galway traces the history of one of Ireland's best-loved and most visited towns. The city's landmarks and buildings are examined in...

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Author: Edna O'Brien Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 An unnamed protagonist is on holiday with her new, much-married lover, in the company of the monstrously rich. 'How long would...

The first ever collection of poems by the acclaimed author of the Aubrey/Maturin series of Napoleonic naval adventures. As we have stood with Jack and Stephen on the deck of...

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Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 The first ever collection of poems by the acclaimed author of the Aubrey/Maturin series of Napoleonic naval adventures. As we have...

I thought of life's many bounties, to have known the extremities of joy and sorrow, love, crossed love and unrequited love, success and failure, fame and slaughter, to have read...

Author: Edna O'Brien Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 When a wanted war criminal from the Balkans, masquerading as a faith healer, settles in a small west coast Irish village,...

Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 On Desolation Island, with the known world out of reach, uneasy alliances are sometimes forged... Captain Bligh, of Bounty fame, is...

Author: Edna O'Brien Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 When a wanted war criminal from the Balkans, masquerading as a faith healer, settles in a small west coast Irish village,...

Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Malta, in 1813, is ostensibly a safe harbour, yet the island is a nest of French spies, and even those in...

Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 The first ever collection of poems by the acclaimed author of the Aubrey/Maturin series of Napoleonic naval adventures. As we have...

An optional short novel in the highly-addictive Kennedy Boys series by USA Today bestseller Siobhan Davis. The Kennedy Boys go wild on vacation in Ireland! It's the summer before they...

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAnne Clissmann's Flann O'Brien: A Critical Introduction to His Writings is an authoritative and comprehensive scholarly study of one of...

Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 How far will a man go in the name of revenge, honour, love or simple survival? Far from familiar...

Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 Whether on land or at sea, can Jack Aubrey stay one step ahead of his enemies? With the Treaty...

Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Britain and America are newly at war, and Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are caught in the very thick of the...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A deeply immersive work of Irish literary fiction, A Pagan Place chronicles...

Author: Edna O'BrienBinding: HardbackPublished: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis evocative novel chronicles the nocturnal musings and memories of Mary Hooligan, a woman grappling with...

'Look Caithleen, will you give up the nonsense? We're eighteen and we're bored to death.' Baba lit a cigarette and puffed vigorously. She went on 'We want to live. Drink...

'What a wonderful, honest, refreshing book, full of free-spirited adventure, humour and profound thoughts to provide inspiration to anyone who simply dreams of getting out and doing their own thing'...

Her husband may be a louse but recently single mum Ruth is not going to let a baby cramp her style in this raucous and hilarious novel Ruth gave birth...

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DOWN BY THE RIVER begins, deceptively, in an idyllic rural setting somewhere in Ireland. By the end, its consequences have addressed and divided the political and judicial fabric of the...

Author: Edna O'Brien Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction A Times, Evening Standard...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerLong before the age of social media, the English kept diaries — and in doing so,...

Ciaran O Nuallain's memoir of his brother Brian O'Nolan (1991-66), the only major source on the early life of the man who later achieved literary fame as Flann O'Brien and...

Longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction A Times , Evening Standard and Financial Times Book of the Year I...

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