Corporeality Synopsis: In Corporeality, Hollis Seamon’s latest fiction collection, we meet the cat lady, the professor dealing with a plagiarist while coping with personal hardships, sibling rivalry of the unnaturally cursed kind, the dog that goes beyond everyday dog sense and scent to…
Madeleine St John’s The Women in Black is the much-loved classic novel that inspired the movie Ladies in Black. The Women in Black Synopsis Written by a superb novelist of contemporary manners, The Women in Black is a fairytale which illuminates the extraordinariness of…
In crime thriller Talking to the Dead Harry Bingham perfectly balances entertainment with heart and authenticity. Read my full review. Talking to the Dead Synopsis A mesmerizing and thrilling novel—perfect for fans of Tana French and Stieg Larsson—that introduces a modern, unforgettable…
Las Vegas for Vegans Book Synopsis: From Las Vegas to Melbourne, from Europe to a doomed airplane in mid-flight, from a seedy motel to the local bookstore, the true setting of these stories is the human heart. A son spends the…
Two Pints Synopsis Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, take the piss. They talk about their wives, their kids, their kids’ pets, their football teams and – this…
Velocity Synopsis It’s the ultimate test of courage. The Man: an astronaut who has lost his mojo The Mission: to seek and destroy a hijacked space shuttle The Cargo: enough weapons grade Uranium-235 to irradiate Manhattan The Stakes: the woman he loves and the fate…
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Synopsis: One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be…
Elza’s Kitchen Synopsis For years, Elza has managed to get by. She has her own little restaurant in the Hungarian city of Delibab cooking quality versions of her country’s classics and serving them with a smile. But lately her smile…
Life! Death! Prizes! Synopsis Billy’s Mum is dead. He knows – because he reads about it in magazines – that people die every day in ways that are more random and tragic and stupid than hers, but for nineteen-year-old Billy and…
Review Summary: In The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde turns the absurd and farcical into sheer brilliance. Highly recommended in audio. The Importance of Being Earnest Synopsis: This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up…
Zen Queen Synopsis Jess Harper’s personal life is a mess. She hasn’t had a haircut since 2006 and she doesn’t have time to find better friends than the self-centred associates she’s had since University. And instead of searching for love, she’s settled…
A Room with a View by E M Forster is a satiric comedy of manners with a refreshing current of irreverence that contemporary readers will enjoy. Read on for our review and quotes from this classic novel. A Room with…
All Her Father’s Guns Synopsis Cal Lyte, a gun-loving venture capitalist, is tired of paying alimony to his ex-wife Tabytha. Plotting to blackmail her and derail her campaign for Congress, he enlists the help of their daughter’s boyfriend, British academic Reid…
Matthew Reilly’s Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves is more compelling, more action-packed and more intense than the previous Scarecrow outings. Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves Synopsis: An old Soviet weapons installation in the Arctic has fallen into disrepair. Known…
Lamberto Lamberto Lamberto Synopsis : A modern fable for children and adults: a story of one man’s quest for eternal life and how finds it in the most extraordinary of ways—in the grand tradition of Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince. When we…
Upside Down Inside Out Synopsis Eva Kennedy is in a rut. After seven years of working at her uncle’s Dublin delicatessen, her artistic aspirations have slipped by the wayside and her latest relationship has fizzled. Whatever happened to the Eva who…
