Your summer reading list
'THE WEDDING PEOPLE' BY ALISON ESPACH
'QUIETLY HOSTILE' BY SAMANTHA IRBY
THE PROSE (1971-2020), BY DEREK MAHON (GALLERY PRESS)
'EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS' BY OISIN MCKENNA
THE RACHEL INCIDENT BY CAROLINE O'DONOGHUE
BREAKDOWN BY CATHY SWEENEY
'COUNTERATTACKS AT 30' BY SOHN WON-PYUNG.
"ENTANGLED LIFE: HOW FUNGI MAKE OUR WORLD, CHANGE OUR MINDS, AND SHAPE OUR FUTURES", BY MERLIN SHELDRAKE
'SO THRILLED FOR YOU' BY HOLLY BOURNE
'LIG SINN I GCATHÚ'/LEAD US INTO TEMPTATION BY BREANDÁN Ó HEITHIR
EXOPHONY BY YOKO TAWADA
CARELESS PEOPLE BY SARAH WYNN-WILLIAMS
'BOODENBROOKS' BY THOMAS MANN
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