The Cruelty MenThis novel is a new work from the prize winning author Emer Martin. Her first novel, Breakfast in Babylon, won Book of the Year 1996 at the prestigious Listowel Writers Week. Abandoned by her parents when they resettle in Meath, Mary O Conaill faces the task of raising her younger siblings alone. Padraig is disappeared, Sen joins the Christian Brothers, Bridget escapes and her brother Seamus inherits the farm. Maeve is sent to serve a family of

the centenary of Bloomsday

Some of these stories are set in Africa

This large-format 320-page book was designed by Tony O’Hanlon (Propeller)

As global demand for brandy grew with urbanization and economic welfare

' Mary O'Donoghue

a young Traveller woman

these selected writings testify to his enduring relevance in the late twentieth century

folklore and mythology is evoked by James Stephens

as Irishman

and others

In charting his adventure of a lifetime

Strikingly modern in tone