He’s a lovely writer who can also tell a very good story.
Yep. He has you on the edge of your seat amongst it all.
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One of my favourite books, it’s magnificent. I loved redemption falls which is kind of related. I’ve working my way through his and Sebastian Barry’s back catalogue.
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The Thrill of it all is another of his books I really enjoyed.
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I’ve started into Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry.
Good so far.
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I’m reading Days Without End by Barry at the moment. An intriguing read so far (about half the way through).
Good owl 
book in fairness.
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A magic book. And his next book is a sequel to it.
Barry writes some sentences that would make you stop and read them over and over again, he’s amazing. I think his language has maybe become a bit more simple in his later books, but they’re more emotional if anything.
I read A long long way a while back, about WWI. An incredible book.
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I didn’t like it, though I’d argue that he’s the finest short story writer in the country, Night boat could have been a short story
City of Bohane was a tremendous book. I’d agree Kevin Barry is probably best at short stories.
I’d forgotten about that, another book I didn’t like to be honest
I enjoyed it. Took a bit if work to pick up the lingo but was worth it then I felt.
I saw a few YouTube clips of him and I would have the same impression. Seemed to get a lot of knock backs before finally getting his publishing deal.
Listened to this based on all the recommendations here…it was good but not as good as I expected…turned into a famous five novel by the last 20 chapters…if say it is ripe for a netflix “normal people” style adaptation…
I’d agree he didn’t get the second half quite right. A very promising first novel all the same.
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Showed great promise alright, just didn’t seem to know how to finish it, second half was unsatisfactory
New Kevin Barry novel
Out this week
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Looks excellent. He is a true original.
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Kevin Barry on with Brendan o Connor now
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