Book jacket image for The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan

Viking

9780593652930

STARRED REVIEW

The Queen of Dirt Island

This story of four generations of Irish women fractiously sharing their village home in modern-day County Tipperary has a gentle heart and a spine of steel, its appeal enhanced by Donal Ryan’s understated yet evocative prose.

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Review of ‘The Queen of Dirt Island’

Donal Ryan may not be as well known outside of Ireland as some of his contemporaries, but his sixth novel, The Queen of Dirt Island, adds to an impressive body of work that should garner him wider recognition. This story of four generations of Irish women fractiously sharing their village home in…

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