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The Irish literary scene is thriving, which makes choosing just five other Irish writers likely to appeal to fans of Rooney a daunting task.
Where Brooklyn was a book of suspended decisions and relentlessly increasing pressure, Long Island lets off its explosive at the very beginning.
The novel imagines how a society can be gripped by a slow-building authoritarian regime yet continue its mundane daily rituals.
Irish writers have benefited from structural factors in recent years. However, ask them in person and Irish writers are more likely to highlight impediments to producing work.
I have spent five years tracking down more than 10,000 accounts of wildlife by naturalists, travellers, historians and even poets, all written between 1529 and 1772
Irish-born writers from the late 1700s to 1900 who spent time in present-day Canada influenced colonial narratives about Canadian identity or defended Irish linguistic and political autonomy.
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Contemporary English Literature and Critical Theory, University College Dublin
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Associate Lecturer in Arts and Humanities, The Open University
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Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of English, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Professor of Canadian and Irish literature, Department of English, Languages and Cultures, Mount Royal University
