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Post Celtic Ireland Literature

  • 22-02-2014 8:55pm
    #1
    Mofty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭


    So i am thinking of doing my thesis on post Celtic Tiger Ireland as seen through the eyes of Irish writers. I'd really appreciate some recommendations.


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  • #2
    goose2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    Ross O'Carroll-Kelly novels are an obvious choice for popular fiction, they span all the rise and the crash (2000-2013)


  • #3
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    Donal Ryan "The Spinning Heart" is a wonderful read which charts the trials and tribulations of a town through monologues of the various inhabitants. In terms of form it is a different although plenty could be written still if the thesis is an undergraduate one. Thematically there is plenty to get through as a lot of the stories are taken from real happenings.


  • #4
    hooplah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 570 ✭✭✭hooplah


    There are a couple of crime titles that would alos fit the bill. Broken Harbour by Tana French is good, the crime in question takes place in a post-tiger semi-ghost estate. The Rage by Gene Kerrigan is another one that might be useful.


  • #5
    dumac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 ✭dumac


    Yes, crime fiction is a good idea. I thought the Tana French was quite limited but you get a lot of good social history in the Moss Reid detective series by Mel Healy. I read the first book which was set in summer 2013, and I downloaded the free sample chapters of the second, it covers everything from JobBridge to the top-ups scandals. Google "Another Case in Cowtown".


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