Paul Murray

Top 10 books about boarding school
From Evelyn Waugh to Molesworth, novels set in these places of privilege are microcosmic studies of oppression and rebellion
James Scudamore
18, Mar, 2020 @12:18 PM

Wodehouse prize for comic fiction declares joint winners
Award named after much-loved author shared between Hannah Rothschild, for The Improbability of Love, and Paul Murray, for The Mark and the Void
Alison Flood
25, May, 2016 @6:01 AM

The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray – review
The follow-up to Skippy Dies is a playful, sometimes chilling farce set in an Irish investment bank
Stephanie Cross
21, Feb, 2016 @10:30 AM

Make it now: the rise of the present tense in fiction
From Hilary Mantel and David Mitchell to Goldsmith’s prize winner Kevin Barry, more and more writers are adopting this way of storytelling to bring immediacy and intimacy to their work
Richard Lea
21, Nov, 2015 @10:00 AM

A new Irish literary boom: the post-crash stars of fiction
Dynamic, radical, often female … Irish fiction is flourishing. Gone is the conservative writing – all nostalgia and sexual repression – of the Celtic Tiger years. The writers of the new wave are original and bold
Justine Jordan
17, Oct, 2015 @7:00 AM

The Mark and the Void review – Paul Murray’s witty take on the Celtic Tiger
An ill-conceived bank job provides the backdrop to a wonderful, unashamedly clever study of capitalism, art, and writing itself, says Edward Docx
Edward Docx
09, Aug, 2015 @10:00 AM

The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray review – messy, profound and hilarious
The followup to Skippy Dies is a tricksy post-crash comedy set among bankers and chancers in a Dublin on the verge of collapse
Alex Clark
22, Jul, 2015 @5:30 AM

Paul Murray: ‘How the banks got rich off poor people would be a painful read without comedy’
The book interview: The author of Skippy Dies and The Mark and the Void talks about Ireland’s boom and bust, having David Cameron as a fan and why funny novels are best
Nicholas Wroe
11, Jul, 2015 @9:00 AM

One for the Trouble, published by Book Slam – review
Hari Kunzru and Simon Armitage are among the contributors to London literary night Book Slam's impressive collection of short stories, writes Alice Fisher
Alice Fisher
15, Jan, 2012 @12:04 AM

David Cameron: summer reading includes high and lowbrow books
Nicholas Watt: Top of David Cameron's summer reading list is the novel Skippy Dies, a comic account of life at a Dublin Catholic public school
Nicholas Watt
03, Aug, 2011 @4:58 PM

My hero: David Lynch by Paul Murray
My hero: Paul Murray on David Lynch
Paul Murray
13, Aug, 2010 @11:05 PM
Extract: Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
In this extract from Paul Murray's Booker-longlisted novel, Skippy Dies, Howard looks out over an unruly class as the end of school approaches
Paul Murray
06, Aug, 2010 @8:56 AM
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