To whet your appetite for our four pages of books coverage in The Irish Times this Saturday, here is a sneak preview of what you have to look forward to.

Brian O'Driscoll's autobiography, The Test, is reviewed by Fergal Keane, BBC correspondent and a huge rugby fan, while former taoiseach John Bruton reviews Full On, the memoirs of his former colleague Ivan Yates and his fall from grace.

Eileen Battersby salutes Spanish Civil War novel Uncertain Glory by Joan Sales and celebrates the anniversary of the Martin Amis classic, Money. Anna Carey reckons Nick Hornby's new novel, Funny Girl, may be his best yet, while Sarah Gilmartin's New Fiction column weighs up Susan Lanigan's first World War novel, White Feathers.

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is enchanted by Marina Warner's Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale; Rod Stoneman examines Christopher Frayling's The Yellow Peril: Dr Fu Manchu and the Rise of Chinaphobia; and Dermot Bolger considers a new biography of legendary garda Lugs Branigan.