Karl Geary Livres

'A delicate, crystalline, hugely impressive novel... He's yet another masterful younger writer coming through... Wonderful' Sebastian Barry The house is on Montpelier Parade: just across town, but it might as well be a different world. Working on the garden with his father one Saturday, Sonny is full of curiosity. Then the back door eases open and she comes down the path towards him. Vera. Chance meetings become shy arrangements, and soon Sonny is in love for the first time. Casting off his lonely life of dreams and quiet violence for this new, intoxicating encounter, he longs to know Vera, even to save her. But what is it that Vera isn't telling him? Unfolding in the sea-bright, rain-soaked Dublin of early spring, Montpelier Parade is a beautiful, cinematic novel about desire, longing, grief, hope and the things that remain unspoken. It is about how deeply we can connect with one another, and the choices we must also make alone. Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017

'An ode to love, to the families we build when our own families fail us. It broke my heart' Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain Juno loves Legs. She always has, ever since she fought the bullies for him in their first encounter at school. Growing up on the estate is tough for them both, but as they emerge into the possibilities and underground parties of 1980s Dublin, they find a breathing space to begin their real lives. The two of them against the world. But what if the world has other ideas? 'A heartbreaker, and absolutely unforgettable' Donal Ryan, author of The Queen of Dirt Island 'One of the finest writers that Ireland has produced. Juno Loves Legs will break your heart and stitch it right back up again' Irish Sunday Independent