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Melanie Murphy

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Erin is about to turn thirty and her life is definitely not where she thought it would be. She hates...

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This best-selling debut by an award-winning writer is both an eerie contemporary ghost story and a...

David McK (3372 KP) rated It Came From On High in Books

Jan 30, 2019

Merging sci-fi with religion might seem an odd combination, but this novel takes the approach what would happen if the Vatican had proof of extraterrestrial life, with that proof coming in the shape of two eloping aliens who have crash-landed in a small island of the coast of Ireland, just in time for the new Pope's Easter address when he is stumped for ideas.

While it raised a few smiles, it also unfortunately never really raised a chuckle or any deep profound thoughts: this, I found, to be the type of book to read, enjoy, and move on.

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ClareR (5681 KP) rated Dubliners in Books

Oct 28, 2019 (Updated Sep 8, 2020)

Dubliners

James Joyce, Terence Brown | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry

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I was sure I’d read Dubliners before - possibly during my English Literature A Level, but I couldn’t remember what the stories were about. They really give the reader a feel of what life must have been like at the turn of the last century in Ireland. They’re not all ‘pretty’ stories either. We see alcoholism (or at least heavy drinking that impacts life and family), poverty, suicide, missed opportunities and hard decisions. So, normal life for a lot of people.
I now wonder if I should go back and reread one of his novels?
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for serialising this book.