November 2018

Some Articles and Reviews in The Irish Examiner

I’ve been neglecting my blog lately. Instead, I’ve been finishing off a crime novel. Honestly. I’ve also been writing some book reviews and sport-related pieces for The Irish Examiner. Here’s the proof (I haven’t been slacking), in reverse chronological order.

Peter The Great: Beyond Perfect and into Myth

Peter The Great: Beyond Perfect and into Myth. Piece in The Irish Examiner about Peter O’Mahony’s impossible performance against New Zealand in a rugby test match. Ireland beat the All Blacks for the first time ever on Irish soil and the win could not have been possible were it not for O’Mahony’s Homeric deeds. Click here to read.

Fertile Retelling of Homer’s Epic Poems is Revived

Joint Review of The Silence of The Girls by Pat Barker and Country by Michael Hughes in The Irish Examiner. Both these books are retellings of Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad and both are very successful in different ways. Click here to read.