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O'Brien Press Titles


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After The Wake (pb)
Brendan Behan
This diverse collection is a delightful and entertaining windfall from one of Ireland's most colourful writers. An essential complement to Behan's master works.
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Brown Morning (pb)
Franck Pavloff
Charlie and his friend live in a time marked by the rise of an extreme totalitarian regime: the Brown State.
A remarkable parable of how easily people allow their rights to be removed.
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Crazy Love (pb)
Tom Lennon
A high-flying executive, to all appearances happily married with a child, goes to extremes of duplicity to hide his homosexuality.
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Deadlines and D**kheads (pb)
Anne Gildea
A life in the day of freelance journalist Mary McNice: when even your lover has a bit on the side, it's hard to keep faking 'attitude'.
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Dubliners (pb)
James Joyce
Dubliners is perhaps the most engaging and accessible book by Joyce and for this reason, it has been chosen as Dublin's One City, One Book title for 2012. Introduction by John Boyne.
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Great Irish Writing (pb)
The Best from The Bell
Sean McMahon
The Bell literary journal was founded by Sean O'Faolain and Peadar O'Donnell in 1940, and edited by O'Faolain until 1946, then by O'Donnell to 1954. Its index of writers reads like a dictionary of famous authors.
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The Mammy (audio cassette)
Brendan O'Carroll
THE MAMMY describes the life and times, the joys and sorrows of Agnes, mother of the famous Mrs. Browne's Boys from the daily radio soap. A book of hilarious incidents, glorious characters, and a passion for life.
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Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, The Miseducation Years (pb)
Paul Howard
'So there I was, roysh, putting the 'in' in 'in crowd' ... But being a schools rugby legend has its downsides.' This is where it all began: the formation of the phenomenon that is Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.
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The Poison Throne (pb)
The Moorehawke Trilogy: Book One
Celine Kiernan
A gothic tale of intrigue, adventure and romance which draws the reader in from the very first sentence and doesn't loosen its grip until the last.
A Friend. A Father. A Kingdom. Which one would you sacrifice?
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The Port Wine Stain (hb)
Patrick Boyle's Best Stories
Patrick Boyle
Collection of short stories by an acknowledged master.
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Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: The Orange Mocha-Chip Frappuccino Years (pb)
Paul Howard
'So there I was, roysh, enjoying college life, college birds and, like, a major amount of socialising.' Can Ross survive outside Castlerock College?
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Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, PS, I scored the bridesmaids (pb)
Paul Howard
So there I was, roysh, twenty-three years of age, still, like, gorgeous and rich ... when all of a sudden life becomes a total mare.
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Single Obsession (pb)
Des Ekin
A top politician stands accused of multiple murder. A psychiatrist is threatened and the life of her small son is in danger. A well-known investigative journalist is forced to put his career on the line and his future in doubt.
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Smokey Hollow (pb)
Bob Quinn
Vivid, hilarious and moving account of Dublin childhood in the 'forties. Fictionalised, but drawing heavily on fact. Full of character and great stories.
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Stone Heart (pb)
Des Ekin
A compelling story of murder, betrayal and family secrets set in the West of Ireland that will keep the reader guessing to the very end.
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Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: The Teenage Dirtbag Years (pb)
Paul Howard
Another, like, un-focking-missable book from Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
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