Cork
Americans think they want the ‘real Ireland’. They don’t
As the first Americans of the season got out of their car I scrunched up my face and groaned. ‘They’re…
An unholy trinity
Lisa McInerney likes the rule of three. Three novels set in Cork structured around sex, drugs and rock’n’roll and, within…
A choice of first novels
I’m not sure I know what the mark of merit is in a first novel, any more than in a…













