Paul Murray
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under--but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewelry on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to...
Author
Publisher
Paraclete Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
One priest's compelling account of meeting with the saint of Calcutta. Through anecdotes and first-hand experiences, he attempts to come to terms with the dark night experiences endured by Mother Teresa and also reveals her sense of humor.
3) Skippy dies
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Why does Skippy, a student at Dublin's venerable Seabrook College, end up dead on the floor of the local doughnut shop? Could it have something to do with his friend Ruprecht Van Doren, who is determined to open a portal into a parallel universe using ten-dimensional string theory? Or Carl, the teenage drug dealer who is Skippy's rival in love?
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"While marooned at his banking job in the bewilderingly damp and insular realm known as Ireland, Claude Martingale is approached by a down-on-his-luck author, Paul, looking for his next great subject. Claude finds that his life gets steadily more exciting under Paul's fictionalizing influence; he even falls in love with a beautiful waitress. But Paul's plan is not what it seems--and neither is Claude's employer, the Investment Bank of Torabundo, which...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"[A collection of] Japanese ghost stories . . . [Hearn draws] on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore -- including the headless 'rokuro-kubi', the monstrous goblins 'jikininki' and the faceless 'mujina' who stalk lovely neighborhoods . . . [and infuses] them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland"--Back cover.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Childhood friends Brian and Paulie do whatever it takes to survive in the dog-eat-dog neighborhood they live in. As they grow up they find themselves involved in organized crime and jail becomes part of doing business on the streets they call home. Brian uses his time in jail to get clean while Paulie makes plans for one last job that requires Brian's help. Brian must decide if he should stand by his friend or salvage his family.
