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Harry McGee met murderer Malcolm Macarthur over the past 18 months and spoke to him at length as he wrote his book, The Murderer and the Taoiseach
A vividly written exploration of the bizarre murders that caused a major political crisis in 1980s Ireland is Gubu in its own right; gripping, unpretentious, brilliant and unputdownable
Max Porter’s first novel, Grief is the Thing with Feathers, won the Sunday Times/Peters, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year, the International Dylan Thomas Prize, and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. His work has been translated into 30 languages, and his new book Shy will be published by Faber next week.
He may be regarded as one of the greatest living writers, a prose stylist of global renown, but John Banville hates reading his own work. “All I can see,” he says, “are the flaws, the mistakes. I can’t bear it — it makes me sick.”
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The author discusses her latest novel, Strange Sally Diamond, plus her ideal presidential candidate, the wisdom of Judge Judy and the book she threw into the bin as fast as she could