An ordinary, almost staid, couple are overwhelmed by crisis when their third child is born. The book starts off fairly ordinary and staid too, but this makes the crisis all the more realistic when it hits and easier to sympathize with. Once the new baby is born, the writing becomes sensitive and involving, the characterization [...]
The tale that unfolds in this thick, satisfying volume is not particularly complex – any more than the circumstances of any of our lives are complex, which is to say, infinitely and infinitesimally so. Erica Wagner, The Times, London Full Review The Water Star is, somehow, haunting. John Kenny, The Irish Times Casey has brought [...]
The Fabulists is a love story set in Contemporary Dublin. After a brief encounter on the Ha’Penny Bridge over the Liffey, Tess and Mungo contrive to make their paths cross again. “Two spoofers,” Tess thinks to herself. ˜It might even be fun.” The relationship that develops extends the horizon of their lives on the dole, [...]
Before he was known to readers as a world class fictionist, Philip Casey gave us poems. On the evidence of Dialogue in Fading Light, he remains always and ever a poet of great powers. The wonder and longing, gratitude and grace that inform this work make us grateful for Casey’s many gifts. –Thomas Lynch Dialogue [...]