Sebastian Barry
Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry review – a cop you can’t trust
A murder investigation leads a retired policeman to confront his past in a stately, often dreamlike novel about the impact of trauma on memory
Declan Ryan
27, Feb, 2023 @9:00 AM
Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry review – a survivor’s song
This sublime study of love, trauma, memory and loss explores the legacy of childhood abuse in Ireland’s Catholic institutions
Melissa Harrison
22, Feb, 2023 @7:30 AM
Kit de Waal: ‘Life is too short to finish books I don’t like’
The writer on finding teenage inspiration in Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, Donald Sutherland’s reading of Hemingway and Sebastian Barry’s poetic prose
Kit de Waal
28, Oct, 2022 @9:00 AM
The Steward of Christendom review – shattering portrait of a scarred man
Owen Roe is riveting in Sebastian Barry’s deconstruction of a family set against the tensions of Irish independence
Helen Meany
28, Jul, 2022 @2:00 PM
Sebastian Barry: ‘I’m still not over Oliver Twist’
The writer on growing up with Puffin books, his changing attitude to Conrad, and the punk sensibility of Elizabeth Bowen
Sebastian Barry
01, Apr, 2022 @9:00 AM
From sisterly love to frenemies: the best female friendships in books
Whether it is Vera Brittain or Elena Ferrante, women’s relationships have provided succour in troubled times, writes Lucy Jago
Lucy Jago
05, Apr, 2021 @7:00 AM
Strange Flowers by Donal Ryan review – a compassionate tale of homecoming
Five years after she went missing, a woman returns to rural Tipperary in a novel that explores all forms of love
Beejay Silcox
02, Sep, 2020 @8:00 AM
Overcoming fears, discovering nature ... what I have learned from lockdown
As lockdown eases, authors including Anne Enright, Mark Haddon and Sebastian Barry reflect on what they have learned – and what comes next
Anne Enright, Alan Hollinghurst, Diana Evans, Mark Haddon, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Sebastian Barry and Michel Faber
13, Jun, 2020 @8:00 AM
Tiger King and a bloody mary: Hilary Mantel, Simon Armitage and other writers on lockdown life
Simon Armitage pogos to neo-punk, Anne Enright craves for Cary Grant, The Seventh Seal cheers up Julian Barnes, Diana Evans works out to hip-hop and Jeanette Winterson talks to herself … writers reveal how they’re surviving the corona crisis
Compiled by Lisa Allardice
03, Apr, 2020 @1:58 PM
A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry review – a compelling tale of identity and revenge
Sebastian Barry’s powerful, sweeping saga continues with this sequel to his Costa-winning Days Without End
Alex Preston
23, Mar, 2020 @9:00 AM
The week in theatre: On Blueberry Hill; Shoe Lady; Crongton Knights – review
Sebastian Barry’s tale of two cellmates succeeds despite plausibility issues, while Katherine Parkinson is magnetic in a flimsy play involving a lost shoe
Susannah Clapp
15, Mar, 2020 @10:30 AM
A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry review – an ambitious sequel to Days Without End
Narrated by a young Native American woman, the follow-up to Barry’s Costa winner again displays the rare gifts of a natural storyteller
Tessa Hadley
13, Mar, 2020 @7:30 AM
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