RIP Paul Auster.
The New York Trilogy and The Book Of Illusions are great, and his last book, Baumgartner, was pretty good too.
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That is a sad story.
John Boyne Penguin Books Ireland

Talking of Bruce Springsteen I want to say thanks to the kind and thoughtful Jacqueline Lacy Sony Music | Ireland who was good enough to send this out last week. I really do appreciate it.

'Knocks are an essential part of the deal.'
Willie Nelson turns 91 today. This is just one of the many fine albums he's released in the last ten years.
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Writing about Springsteen and I came to the part in 'Bobby Jean' where he tells him he misses him. All the hairs on my arm shot up and I remembered weeping when he played it in Munich last year. Powerful magic. He really is The Boss.

Three Destinies: I reviewed Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives Of Roger Casement by Roland Philipps for Sunday Independent.
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Another amor towles book that you don’t want to end.

That is no country for old men.... #EP24

Down the back of the new issue of Classic Rock Magazine I review Simple Minds and Del Amitri 3Arena (Thanks MCD Productions and S C R E A M 💫 P R O M O T I O N S) and peruse Micajah Henley's 33 1/3 Books reappraisal of Sandinista! by The Clash (thanks Bloomsbury Books UK). Out now. Rock on.

Happy Birthday The Coff.

“What good does social media do?” Pat Carty vents newstalk.com/podcasts/highl…

My Social Media Hell: On the couch with Dr Kieran Cuddihy on The Hard Shoulder NewstalkFM newstalk.com/podcasts/highl…

I’ll be on The Hard Shoulder NewstalkFM just after 6 revealing how social media has DESTROYED MY MIND to Dr Kieran Cuddihy

You can’t go wrong with Connolly. Another winner.

Powerful Magic: The Rolling Stones released Sticky Fingers on this day in 1971. Here are several paragraphs about it.
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Fantastic review of #QuicklyWhileTheyStillHaveHorses in today’s print copy of the Sunday Business Post. Very grateful to Pat Carty for careful reading, extremely generous analysis and never questioning my sense of humour

Smiths songs are 'a little like a playground taunt.'
Damn it, she's good. I reviewed Quickly, While They Still Have Horses by Jan Carson for Business Post

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