Rick O’Shea: The new book I’ll recommend to everyone I meet... and more poets who write stunning prose
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes is full of images and ideas that will stop you in your tracks
I feel a unique anticipation when there’s a new book due from a writer whose work I especially love. It can be someone I’ve read all my life or a new author on their second novel, it doesn’t matter. If it falls flat, I’ll be in low-grade mourning for a little while, even if I know I’ll read the next book in case this one was a blip.
But there is almost no greater joy than when I finish a book from one of those authors and know that I’m going to spend the rest of the year recommending it at every possible opportunity. I have my first one of those of 2024 to start this week.
Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel
Stay up to date with all the latest news