Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner: Following up Fleishman Is in Trouble was never going to be easy
This is an enjoyable read in the same vein as the author’s best-selling debut, but there is a lingering sense that she is playing it safe
By Edel Coffey
Bodies by Christine Anne Foley: a slippery, shape-shifting story about the indignities of modern dating
Best crime fiction: Witness 8 is a welcome addition to Steve Cavanagh’s Eddie Flynn series
Gaza: you want it darker? Why are leading lights of Western culture ignoring the plight of Palestine
Karin Slaughter: ‘I want to show how one act of violence can have a ripple effect that changes the lives of everyone’
The Irish Republican Brotherhood 1914-1924: Diarmaid Ferriter on a very personal Fenian story
The House of Beckham by Tom Bower review: A grubby litany of accusations and snide remarks
Francis Bacon’s Nanny: A peek into the darkness of the artist’s childhood
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The Companion to Irish Traditional Music: A gargantuan endeavour and an essential resource
By Siobhán Long
The Material by Camille Bordas review: Acutely insightful and sometimes very funny look at comedians on campus
By Kevin Gildea
Tiananmen Square by Lai Wen: A laudable work with lush melancholy but also some shortcomings
By Mei Chin
The Anxious Generation: Jonathan Haidt lays out potential solutions to the crisis, all of which depend upon collective action
By Niamh Jiménez
Alice Munro’s daughter says Nobel laureate knew stepfather sexually abused her as a child
By Sian Cain
Austin Duffy: ‘The book isn’t precisely set in Dundalk, but it’s the same neck of the woods’
By John Self
