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The Book Quiz: going under cover
This week the Book Quiz gets out its trench coat and magnifying glass for a close look at spies, detectives and crime fiction
Declan Burke
Wed Feb 25 2015 - 16:00
Declan Burke
Declan Burke, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a novelist and critic
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Local history round-up: From fairy mischief to the good and bad of Galway
‘It’s the story that nobody will ever believe’: How le Carré’s The Night Manager returned to TV
Is silence golden? When writers choose to stop
Palaver by Bryan Washington: Mother and man-child reunion
Xi Jinping says Irish novel The Gadfly sustained him during traumatic teenage years
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