Irish Books

Christopher Murray

Hear in-depth discussions of recent Irish books that are worth reading, across a range of genres. Expert guests get to the heart of books you know and give you ideas of what contemporary Irish literature to read next. In Irish Books, author and critic Chris Murray discusses recent Irish books with expert guests. Hear their in-depth conversations to learn about contemporary Irish books that are worth reading. For lovers of Irish fiction, The Irish Books Podcast gets to the heart of books you know and gives you ideas of what to read next. Host @drchrismurray.bsky.social (Bluesky)

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Irish Books

Episodes (3)

Feb 25th Losing All Life's Certainties: Paul Lynch's Prophet Song
Feb 11th Disaster on Rails: Emma Donoghue’s Paris Express
Nov 14, 2025 Irish Books Season 1

Irish Books

Feb 25, 2026
43½ minutes
39 MB

Lynch’s Booker-winner is divisive. While Chris Murray wonders whether the characters in Prophet Song could be fleshed out, and the story of a fascist Ireland more fully realised, his guest says that this misses the point. Professor Christopher Morash (Trinity College Dublin) argues that Lynch’s purpose is to explore what happens to a person whose identity is gradually eroded. In a vividly portrayed suburban Dublin that steadily slips from view, narrator Eilish Stack first loses her husband, then her profession and her home, and faces the prospect of losing her children too. Morash says that Lynch is most...

Irish Books

Losing All Life's Certainties: Paul Lynch's Prophet Song

Christopher Murray

00:00 -42:35