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Short stories by Margaret Atwood, a thriller from a Booker Prize winner, and an interrogation of our cultural obsession with true crime are among our favourite new books.
This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry and Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks.
Combining verbal exuberance and narrative intricacy, Barry reimagines the hauntings of Irish history.
In his novel “Old God’s Time,” Sebastian Barry puts a retired policeman on a case that dredges up painful memories.
After two novels set in the US, the Booker-shortlisted novelist is back on familiar territory with a novel that touches on the dark stain on Ireland’s soul