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Dermot Bolger

Author of Finbar's Hotel

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Works by Dermot Bolger

Finbar's Hotel (1997) — Editor — 319 copies
Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel (1999) — Editor — 217 copies
The Journey Home (1990) 117 copies
Father's Music (1600) 61 copies
The Family on Paradise Pier (2005) 46 copies
The Valparaiso Voyage (2001) 39 copies
A Second Life (1994) 36 copies
The Woman's Daughter (1987) 32 copies
Temptation (2000) 27 copies
New Town Soul (2010) 19 copies
In High Germany (1999) 19 copies
Emily's Shoes (1992) 18 copies
Night Shift (1985) 16 copies
The Fall of Ireland (2012) 11 copies
The Lonely Sea and Sky (2016) 11 copies
Tanglewood (2015) 7 copies
Dermot Bolger Plays: 1 (2000) 6 copies
The Chosen Moment (2004) 5 copies
A Dublin Quartet (1992) 4 copies
The Ballymun Trilogy (2010) 4 copies
An Ark of Light (2018) 3 copies
Secrets Never Told (2020) 2 copies
Ensemble séparés (2016) 2 copies
Prodige à Ballymun (2002) 1 copy
The parting glass (2011) 1 copy
Internal Exiles (1986) 1 copy
No waiting America (1982) 1 copy
After the War is Over (1984) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction (1999) — Contributor — 149 copies
New Irish Short Stories (2011) — Contributor — 21 copies
A Harvest: New, Rare and Uncollected Essays (2006) — Foreword, some editions — 9 copies
Duizendmaal Welkom (2004) 4 copies

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Interesting read with darkness woven into the storyline.
 
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rosienotrose | Jul 11, 2023 |
An excellent novel about an eccentric lady of the declining Irish gentry. When I get into it I find the surname Goold-Verschoyle which any student of Communism in Ireland will have heard. And other names of real people turn up. In fact, it's a fictionalised biography of a real person and her tragedies. And all the better for it. Gay life in England and settler life in Kenya come into it.
 
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jgoodwll | Sep 3, 2022 |
Plus a bit of a star. The cover advertises the book as 'A masterly psychological thriller' but that was a poor description. I've had it in my 'to read' pile for ages but only started it when I was off on holiday in a rush and had nothing else to take. Really it's a music homage to some fairly hardcore Irish musicians bolted on to a fairly unlikely plot (I hope) about Irish gangsters and woven into the story of an adolescent girl finally growing up a bit late in her twenties. And I really liked the combination of all the elements. However there was something about the writing that made me think of foreign novels very badly translated - it didn't flow and I was continually tempted to skip over the prose and just grab at the plot. And I'm not sure that the female viewpoint rang true to me, leaving it a bit creepy. Enjoyed it but won't be searching out any more of his books.… (more)
 
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Ma_Washigeri | Jan 23, 2021 |
Seven short stories by seven different authors. All the stories are set at Finbar's Hotel. This book was on the Y's book exchange shelf.

I'm reminded why I usually don't read short stories. In most modern short stories, I always feel like I'm missing some important piece of information that would make the story make more sense. That's how I feel with these. I haven't read any of these authors, but based on this, I wouldn't go seek out any of their other works. The characters they've created are not ones I really care to know.

There's no real cohesive story. Some characters do interact with each other to some degree, but . . .

Glad it was free because I'd be more upset if I'd paid to read this.
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