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Reading in the Dark

9780099744412
Seamus Deane
A novel in which the boy narrator grows up enclosed in two worlds. One is legendary - a Donegal house where children are stolen away by demonic forces; the other is actual - the city of Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 1940s and 1950s, a place haunted by political enmities and family secrets.
€11.10

Selected Poems

9780224050357
Michael Longley
Celebrated for his lyrical intensity, his metaphysical wit, his thematic and formal range, Michael Longley is regarded as one of the finest poets in these islands. This work includes Michael Longleys own selection from thirty years of writing.
€18.52

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

9780099572862
John Boyne
Nine-year-old Bruno has a lot of things on his mind. Who is the Fury? Why did he make them leave their nice home in Berlin to go to Out-With? And who are all the sad people in striped pyjamas on the other side of the fence? The grown-ups wont explain so Bruno decides there is only one thing for it - he will have to explore this place alone.
€9.40

The Human Factor

9780099288527
Graham Greene
A leak is traced to a small sub-section of SIS, sparking off the inevitable security checks, tensions and suspicions. The sort of atmosphere, perhaps, where mistakes could be made? For Maurice Castle, it is the end of the line anyway, and time for him to retire to live peacefully with his African wife, Sarah.
€11.10

The Old Man and the Sea

9780099273967
Ernest Hemingway
Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, this work presents the tale of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. It is a story of heroic endeavour and of the beauty and grief of mans challenge to the elements.
€8.63

To Kill a Mockingbird

9780099466734
Harper Lee
A lawyers advice to his children as he defends a black man charged with attacking a white girl. This book explores the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South. It creates one of the heroes of literature, whose lone struggle for justice pricks the conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy.
€12.04
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