The Art of Reading Book Club with Colm Tóibín Episode 31 'The Lonely Sea and Sky' by Dermot Bolger

The August Art of Reading book club features Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Tóibín in conversation with writer Dermot Bolger about his novel 'The Lonely Sea and Sky' “The novel tells the story of the rescue by a small Irish boat of 168 German sailors during World War II. The narrator is Jack Roche, a 14-year-old Wexford lad whose father has been killed at sea. Part historical fiction, part coming-ofage narrative, this is a perceptive and exciting novel about life at sea as a way of dramatizing human relations at their most intense.” — Colm Tóibín Learn more about the Art of Reading Book Club and the Laureate for Irish Fiction programme:

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The Art of Reading Book Club with Colm Tóibín Episode 31 'The Lonely Sea and Sky' by Dermot Bolger is an episode from The Arts Council Podcast by The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

This episode is 00:45:07 long.

This episode was published on Aug 28, 2024.

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