The Irish Novel 1960 - 2010

Contents

Acknowledgements vii Introduction ix 1960: Edna O’Brien, The Country Girls 1 1961: Sam Hanna Bell, The Hollow Ball 4 1962: John Broderick, The Fugitives 8 1963: Michael Farrell, Thy Tears Might Cease 11 1964: Samuel Beckett, How It Is 14 1965: Brian Moore, The Emperor of Ice-Cream 17 1966: Aidan Higgins, Langrishe, Go Down 21 1967: Flann O’Brien, The Third Policeman 24 1968: Anthony C. West, As Towns with Fire 28 1969: James Plunkett, Strumpet City 31 1970: J.G. Farrell, Troubles 35 1971: Francis Stuart, Black List, Section H 38 1972: Jennifer Johnston, The Captains and the Kings 42 1973: Vincent Banville, An End to Flight 46 1974: Ian Cochrane, Gone in the Head 49 1975: Maurice Leitch, Stamping Ground 52 1976: Caroline Blackwood, The Stepdaughter 56 1977: Benedict Kiely, Proxopera 60 1978: Patrick McGinley, Bogmail 63 1979: John McGahern, The Pornographer 67 1980: Julia O’Faoláin, No Country for Young Men 70 1981: John Banville, Kepler 75 1982: Dorothy Nelson, In Night’s City 79 1983: Bernard MacLaverty, Cal 82 1984: Desmond Hogan, A Curious Street 86 1985: Mary Leland, The Killeen 89 Contents 1986: J.M. O’Neill, Open Cut 93 1987: Carlo Gébler, Work and Play 96 1988: William Trevor, The Silence in the Garden 99 1989: Timothy O’Grady, Motherland 103 1990: Dermot Bolger, The Journey Home 106 1991: Hugo Hamilton, The Last Shot 110 1992: Patrick McCabe, The Butcher Boy 114 1993: Roddy Doyle, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha 117 1994: Dermot Healy, A Goat’s Song 121 1995: Emma Donoghue, Hood 126 1996: Seamus Deane, Reading in the Dark 129 1997: Anne Haverty, One Day as a Tiger 133 1998: Joseph O’Connor, The Salesman 136 1999: Glenn Patterson, The International 140 2000: Mary Morrissy, The Pretender 144 2001: Eoin McNamee, The Blue Tango 147 2002: Deirdre Madden, Authenticity 151 2003: Keith Ridgway, The Parts 154 2004: Colm Tóibín, The Master 158 2005: Sebastian Barry, A Long, Long Way 162 2006: Gerard Donovan, Julius Winsome 166 2007: Anne Enright, The Gathering 169 2008 Joseph O’Neill, Netherland 173 2009: Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin 177 2010: Paul Murray, Skippy Dies 180 Bibliographical Note 185 Bibliography 187 ...