A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot: An unyielding rejection of society’s tropes of acceptable victimhood
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Judeophobia. A History: examining hatred of Jews and how it has mutated over time
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The Triangle of Power by Alexander Stubb: Finnish president’s view of a fractured world
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Paschal Donohoe on Capitalism, A Global History by Sven Beckert: Demanding but magisterial
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The Power of Guilt by Chris Moore: A formidable read that will challenge, unsettle and provoke
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The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine: A deeply human novel of reckoning and love
By Sally Hayden
Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray: Compelling take on queer adolescence and platonic parenthood
By Edel Coffey
Scifi/fantasy: Dave Rudden’s Sister Wake a politically charged epic that draws on Irish history
By Declan Burke
Ireland’s fascination with ancient Greece, from our origin legends to Joyce’s Ulysses
By Isabelle Torrance
John Boyne’s review of Crux by Gabriel Tallent: It’s refreshing to read positive aspects of youth
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Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization – Accessible history of a new society
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