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Dublin City-pick - Softcover

 
9780955970016: Dublin City-pick

Synopsis

Meet the Dubliners - from the famous and the not so famous to the famously fictional - as over fifty of the very best writers on Dublin get under the skin of this unforgettable city.

Anne Enright reveals the poetry in the Dublin soul
Elizabeth Bowen stays at the Shelbourne Hotel
Brian Lalor is swept along by Bloomsday
Jospepg O'Connor takes a wry look at Dublin man
Iris Murdoch evokes the Easter Rising
Roddy Doyle pities the poor immigrant
J P Donleavy shows ua student Dublin
Hugo Hamilton's policeman has seen it all

... and much, much more

Introduced by Orna Ross, author of A Dance in Time

Other titles in this series: Berlin, Paris, Venice, Amsterdam, New York, St Petersburg and Istanbul

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Review

'An elegant, incisive and always entertaining guide to the city's multitude of literary lives' --Lonely Planet Magazine

'There's everything here ... read about walking and drinking, being poor and being poetic, new wealth and newcomers, old timers and returning natives' --Book of the Month, The Good Web Guide Lonely Planet Magazine

'With over one hundred extracts ... plenty of inspiration for exploring the famous streets of the Irish capital' --Travelbite Book of the Month, The Good Web Guide

'The next in this excellent city-pick series, with some 100 plus extracts from a diverse collection of writers'
--The Bookseller Travelbite

'This book covers an astonishing variety of writers from the classic to the modern, the home-grown to the visitor' -- Irish World

'Sends you back to the originals ... a guide, a legacy, worth dipping into' -- The Irish Times

'A book you can't miss' -- The Lady

'Bite-sized beauties ... this delicious, quirky feast' -- The Dubliner

'The latest in the city-pick series ... another goody bag of essential reading' -- Aer Lingus magazine

Book Description

Meet the Dubliners - from the famous and the not so famous to the famously fictional - as over fifty of the very best writers on Dublin get under the skin of this unforgettable city.

Anne Enright reveals the poetry in the Dublin soul
Elizabeth Bowen stays at the Shelbourne Hotel
Brian Lalor is swept along by Bloomsday
Jospepg O'Connor takes a wry look at Dublin man
Iris Murdoch evokes the Easter Rising
Roddy Doyle pities the poor immigrant
J P Donleavy shows ua student Dublin
Hugo Hamilton's policeman has seen it all

... and much, much more

Introduced by Orna Ross, author of A Dance in Time

Other titles in this series: Berlin, Paris, Venice, Amsterdam, New York, St Petersburg and Istanbul

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.