TheincreasedvisibilityoftheIrishnovelinrecentyearshasbeenoneoftheoutstandingdevelopmentsincontemporaryIrishliterature.ThisdevelopmenthascoincidedwithaperiodofsignificantchangeinIrelandasawhole.TheIrishNovel1960-2010isthefirstbooktostudyhowthenovelhasbeeninvolvedindiscussingtheseedsofchangeandtheresponsetochangeasitevolved.Theresultisawide-rangingsurvey,accessibleandrewardingforboththestudentandthegeneralpublic.Originalandinsightfulitiswrittenwithadistinctiveblendofsympathyandengagement.TheIrishNovel1960-2010isaninvaluableguidetoanimportantculturalphenomenon.Authorscovered:EdnaO’Brien,SamHannaBell,JohnBroderick,MichaelFarrell,SamuelBeckett,BrianMoore,AidanHiggins,FlannO’Brien,AnthonyC.West,JamesPlunkett,J.G.Farrell,FrancisStuart,JenniferJohnston,VincentBanville,IanCochrane,MauriceLeitch,CarolineBlackwood,BenedictKiely,PatrickMcGinley,JohnMcGahern,JuliaO’Faolain,JohnBanville,DorothyNelson,BernardMacLaverty,DesmondHogan,MaryLeland,J.M.O’Neill,CarloGebler,WilliamTrevor,TimothyO’Grady,DermotBolger,HugoHamilton,PatrickMcCabe,RoddyDoyle,DermotHealy,EmmaDonoghue,SeamusDeane,AnneHaverty,JosephO’Connor,GlennPatterson,MaryMorrissy,EoinMcNamee,DeirdreMadden,KeithRidgway,ColmToibin,SebastianBarry,GerardDonovan,AnneEnright,JosephO’Neill,ColumMcCann,PaulMurray.
