Joseph O'Connor in general

Cowboys and Indians - Joseph O'Connor

of his associates as they see through the rubbish that Eddie spouts. The author Joseph O’Connor is Dublin born and studied at UCD. He became a full time writer in 1988, Cowboys and Indians was his first novel for which he won the Sunday Tribune New Irish writer of the year award. I recently reviewed another book by Joseph O Connor called Star of the Sea and you could not find two different pieces of work indeed I never realised it was the same author showing him to be a versatile and creative writer with a great range of styles. I bought this book a number of years ago for £4.99 however prices start from £2.99 in the new and used section of ...

The Star of the Sea - Joseph O'Connor

asked for a book to read as usually when sleeping in a strange house I wake up early and cannot get back off to sleep and so this book by Joseph O’Connor was thrust into my hand. In the end after consuming a large amount of alcohol a WW2 air-raid siren would not have woken me but when I got home I found the book in my bag and decided to give it a try. I did not realize at the time but this was in fact the second Joseph O’Connor book that I have read, the first being the very entertaining Cowboys and Indians which was short listed for the Whitbread prize. Born in Dublin his books often reflect his Irish ancestry. This book is set against the backdrop of the Irish Famine ...