Courtney McGrailBy the Book’s Editor
Category: Reviews
Desperate efforts of a teacher to keep her house
Aubrey MaloneThe Lesson (15A)
‘Renounce our own violence’ – wisdom from a fresh grave
In the aftermath of René Girard’s death, websites poring over the Catholic intellectual’s work have been struck time and again by its timeliness. A patheos.com piece by Artur Rosman at ‘Cosmos in the Lost’, for instance, is getting a lot of traction. Addressing the issue of assisted suicide, Rosman quotes Girard as saying “The experience…
Painting with light: Wilhelmina Geddes brought back to life
Peter CostelloWilhelmina Geddes: Life and Work by Nicola Gordon Bowe (Four Courts Press, €50)
The greatest of all the Fenians?
Irish Rebel: John Devoy and America’s fight for Ireland’s freedom by Terry Golway (Merrion Press, €19.99).
Drama overshadowed by real life events
Brendan O’ReganThe ongoing terror crisis in Europe continues to captivate the media, writes Brendan O’Regan
Badfellas in crime-ridden Boston in the seventies
Black Mass (15A)
What has Vatican II got to say to Ireland 2015?
A new book on Vatican II offers food for thought on how to implement the council’s teaching in a very changed Ireland, writes Dr Patrick Connolly
Steve McQueen and his impossible racing dream
The Man and Le Mans (12A)
Social media led the reporting of Paris attacks
Tragedy in Paris dominates this weeks news with ‘morbid fascination’, writes Brendan O’Regan