Paddy the Englishman
Patrick Leigh Fermor – "Paddy" – was one of the English-speaking world's greatest travel writers but also a war hero who kidnapped a German general and enjoyed dozens of affairs during his long and unorthodox life.
Latest Books
Lucid look at the light and shade of Martin Luther King’s brief life
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Andrea Mara’s No One Saw a Thing is a gripping missing-child chiller
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‘At my age, life’s definitely too short to finish books I don’t like reading’ – US author Richard Ford
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Writer Richard Ford among big names at the Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas and Dalkey's Book Festival
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‘The Bee Sting is the finest novel that Paul Murray has yet written’ – John Boyne
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Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong revels in nature’s chaos and the West’s wild Atlantic ways
Obituary: Martin Amis, gifted but divisive novelist who captured the zeitgeist of the 1980s and 1990s
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Katriona O’Sullivan’s rage at a society which turns its back on children like her comes from agonising experience
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‘The notion of looking at yourself down below was an absolute mortal sin. It was revolutionary at the time’
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Sam Blake: ‘Studies have shown that men don’t read crime novels written by women, so I wanted an androgynous first name’
Top Stories
Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: ‘What was Hawksmoor like? In a word — expensive!’
Gardaí trawl CCTV after thieves steal giant ice cream cone from outside Donegal shop
Tributes to up-and-coming cyclist Gabriele Glodenyte (24), who died in Dublin crash
Tenants ‘bitten all over by bedbugs’ awarded €4,000 compensation
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Today's Sports News in 90 Seconds - 31st May
D-Day: London Irish told they must pay staff today or be withdrawn from Premiership
‘The most important thing is City don’t do it’ – Man Utd’s ’77 Treble-busters on saving club’s place in history
Tributes to up-and-coming cyclist Gabriele Glodenyte (24), who died in Dublin crash
The Webb Ellis Cup arrives in Paris to mark 100 days to go until the start of the men's Rugby World Cup
News In 90 - May 31st
Greatest Irish Album - The case for No Frontiers by Mary Black
World Cup chiefs ‘well prepared’ for any threats in France ahead of biggest rugby tournament in history
Greatest Irish Album - Moondance
Young Ineos rider Tom Pidcock happy to ‘play down’ yellow jersey ambitions at Tour de France
