Schopenhauer’s Telescope, the first novel by Irish Poet Gerard Donovan, has been announced as a selection for the prestigious Booker Prize. Donovan lives in Long Island, New York. His collection of poems, The LightHouse, was a nominee for the Irish Times Literature Prize. His short stories “Glass” and “A Crime About Martha” were finalists in the Chicago tribune’s Nelson Algren … [Read more...] about Booker Prize Nominee
Booker Prize
Roddy Doyle Has The Last Laugh
By Frank Shouldice
January / February 1994
Irish writer Roddy Doyle's book, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha [Viking Press] won the prestigious Booker Prize last month, and the next day 28,000 copies were sold in England alone. Frank Shouldice profiles the Dublin author, whose movie The Snapper, directed by Stephen Frears, is currently being distributed in the U.S. by Miramax films. Just seven years ago he worked as a primary … [Read more...] about Roddy Doyle Has The Last Laugh