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Newspaper Article March 4th 2010

Metro Eireann Book Review #73

This week: Jeanette Rehnstrom reviews
A Dark Stranger by Julien Gracq
Newspaper Article February 25th 2010

Metro Eireann Book Review #72

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Child of Nature by Luljeta Lleshanaku
Newspaper Article February 18th 2010

Metro Eireann Book Review #71

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Sabra Zoo by Mischa Hiller
Newspaper Article February 11th 2010

Metro Eireann Book Review #70

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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Newspaper Article February 4th 2010

Metro Eireann Book Review #69

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Why this World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector by Benjamin Moser
Newspaper Article January 28th 2010

Metro Eireann Book Review #68

This week: Isabel Roleff reviews
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Newspaper Article January 14th 2010

Metro Eireann Book Review #67

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Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow and Farewell by Javier Marias
Newspaper Article January 7th 2010

Metro Eireann Book Review #66

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The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Newspaper Article December 24th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #65

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Summertime by J.M. Coetzee
Newspaper Article December 17th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #64

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The Dogs and the Wolves by Irene Nemirovsky
Newspaper Article December 10th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #63

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The Good Mayor by Andrew Nicoll
Newspaper Article December 3rd 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #62

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Occasions of Sin by Diarmaid Ferriter
Newspaper Article November 26th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #61

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The Memory of Leaves by Manan Karki
Newspaper Article November 19th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #60

This week: Isabel Roleff reviews
Dublin's Other Poetry: Rhymes and Songs of the City by John Wyse Jackson and Hector McDonnell
Newspaper Article November 12th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #59

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The Hungry Ghosts by Anne Berry
Newspaper Article November 5th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #58

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The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
Newspaper Article October 29th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #57

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Beijing Coma by Ma Jian
Newspaper Article October 22nd 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #56

This week: Isabel Roleff reviews
New Voices at the Crossroads by Josephine O’Brien
Newspaper Article October 15th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #55

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The Behaviour of Moths by Poppy Adams
Newspaper Article October 8th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #54

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The Wish Maker by Sethi Ali
Newspaper Article October 1st 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #53

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Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
Newspaper Article September 24th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #52

This week: Isabel Roleff reviews
In the American Grain by William Carlos Williams
Newspaper Article September 17th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #51

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The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Newspaper Article September 10th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #50

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Harare North by Brian Chikwava
Newspaper Article September 3rd 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #49

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Fists by Piettro Grossi
Newspaper Article August 27th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #48

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The Punching Man by Marsha Swan
Newspaper Article August 20th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #47

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Tales from Rainwater Pond by Billy Roche
Newspaper Article August 13th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #46

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A House of Cards by Elizabeth MacDonald
Newspaper Article August 6th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #45

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The Corner by David Simon and Ed Burns
Newspaper Article July 30th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #44

This week: Isabel Roleff reviews
Yalo by Elias Khoury
Newspaper Article July 23rd 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #43

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Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese
Newspaper Article July 16th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #42

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Town of Fiction by The Atlantis Collective
Newspaper Article July 9th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #41

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Tail of the Blue Bird by Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Newspaper Article July 2nd 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #40

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The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall
Newspaper Article June 25th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #39

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The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
Newspaper Article June 18th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #38

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Autumn Bridge by Takashi Matsuoka
Newspaper Article June 11th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #37

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Yours Confidentially: Letters of a would-be MP by Garbhan Downey
Newspaper Article June 4th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #36

This week: Isabel Roleff reviews
All Names have been changed by Claire Kilroy
Newspaper Article May 28th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #35

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Optimal Edge by Henry Nwosu
Newspaper Article May 21st 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #34

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Solidarity with Travellers by Sean O Riain
Newspaper Article May 14th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #33

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The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
Newspaper Article May 7th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #32

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, Tear in the Other by Sami Moukaddem
Newspaper Article April 30th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #31

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The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam
Newspaper Article April 23rd 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #30

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Ansichten eines Clowns (The Clown) by Heinrich Boell

















Newspaper Article April 16th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #29

This week: Isabel Roleff reviews
Letzte Taenze (Last Dances) by Günter Grass
Newspaper Article April 9th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #28

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Machine by Peter Adolphsen
Newspaper Article April 2nd 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #27

This week: Roslyn Fuller reviews
New Guests of the Irish Nation by Bryan Fanning
Newspaper Article March 26th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #26

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Hitler and Mars Bars by Dianne Ascroft
Newspaper Article March 19th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #25

This week: Isabel Roleff reviews
Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Newspaper Article March 12th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #24

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Finding Laura by Felicity McCall
Newspaper Article March 5th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #23

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The Story of my Experiments with Truth by Mohandas K Gandhi
Newspaper Article February 26th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #22

This week: Jeanette Rehnstrom reviews
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Newspaper Article February 19th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #21

This week: Isabel Roleff reviews
Wonderful World of Worders by Jenni Doherty
Newspaper Article February 12th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #20

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Encounters by Rathmines Writers Workshop
Newspaper Article February 5th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #19

This week: Roslyn Fuller reviews
The Life Before Us by Romain Gary
Newspaper Article January 29th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #18

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Confessions of a Fallen Angel by Ronan O'Brien
Newspaper Article January 22nd 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #17

This week: Isabel Roleff reviews
Death of Finn by Oran Ryan
Newspaper Article January 15th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #16

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Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Newspaper Article January 8th 2009

Metro Eireann Book Review #15

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Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan
Newspaper Article December 18th 2008

Metro Eireann Book Review #14

This week: Isabel Roleff reviews
Songs of Struggle and Protest
by the Irish Labour History Society
Newspaper Article December 11th 2008

Metro Eireann Book Review #13

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All Summer by Claire Kilroy
Newspaper Article December 4th 2008

Metro Eireann Book Review #12

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White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Newspaper Article November 27th 2008

Metro Eireann Book Review #11

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Eine Billion Dollar by Andreas Eschbach
Newspaper Article November 20th 2008

Metro Eireann Book Review #10

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To Siberia by Per Petterson
Newspaper Article November 13th 2008

Metro Eireann Book Review #9

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A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif
Newspaper Article November 6th 2008

Metro Eireann Book Review #8

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The Origami Crow by Eamon Carr
Newspaper Article October 30th 2008

Metro Eireann Book Review #7

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Pandora in the Congo by Albert Sánchez Piñol
Newspaper Article October 23rd 2008

Metro Eireann Book Review #6

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The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Newspaper Article October 16th 2008

Metro Eireann Book Review #5

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That They May Face the Rising Sun by John McGahern
(published by Spirasi)
Newspaper Article October 9th 2008

Metro Eireann Book Review #4

This week: Roslyn Fuller reviews
Takinga, the Wise Man by various authors
(published by Spirasi)
Newspaper Article October 2nd 2008

Metro Eireann Book Review #3

This week: Isabel Roleff reviews
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Newspaper Article September 25th 2008

Metro Eireann Book Review #2

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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Newspaper Article September 18th 2008

Irish Writers' Exchange launches a book
review column with Metro Eireann,
a multi-cultural weekly newspaper
with nationwide distribution

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Kim by Rudyard Kipling