Reading the Contemporary Irish Novel 1987-2007 isthe authoritative guide to some of the most inventive andchallenging fiction to emerge from Ireland in the last 25 years.Meticulously researched, it presents detailed interpretations ofnovels by some of Ireland's most eminent writers.
* This is the first text-focused critical survey of the Irishnovel from 1987 to 2007, providing detailed readings of 11 seminalIrish novels
* A timely and much needed text in a largely uncharted criticalfield
* Provides detailed interpretations of individual novels by someof the country's most critically celebrated writers,including Sebastian Barry, Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, PatrickMcCabe, John McGahern, Edna O'Brien and ColmTóibín
* Investigates the ways in which Irish novels have sought to dealwith and reflect a changing Ireland
* The fruit of many years reading, teaching and research on thesubject by a leading and highly respected academic in thefield