The Eleventh Summer

Literature & Fiction

Carlo Gébler

Contemporary

Penguin??Books

Fergus Maguire, struggling to find meaning in the chaos of modern London, seems trapped in a dull job and a series of dead-end possibilities until his father's death spurs changes, and a girl named Jennifer walks into his life

Work and Play

This historical novel is based on a true story - the trial of Martin Cleary for the murder of his wife, Bridget in 1895. His defence was that he was attempting to exorcise a fairy possession first by gentle means and finally by fire. She died during the latter part of this process.

The cure

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Penguin Books, USA

How to murder a man

All histories are really murder stories ... he who murders most, wins.Written with style and a savage grace, How To Murder A Man by Irish novelist Carlo Gébler, is a gripping portrayal of a largely untold part of Irish history. Inspired by true events, the novel follows land agent Thomas French, appointed to bring order to a decaying profitless estate in County Monaghan, Ulster, following the Great Famine.When he offers the poverty-stricken farmers free passage to America in exchange for the rights to their land, French attracts the enmity of the local Ribbonmen?a brutal and merciless secret society?who sentence the land agent to execution. A battle of wills ensues between French and Isaac Marron, the leader of the Ribbonmen, whose attempts at bloody retribution only serve to drive a divided community still further apart.The unflinching depiction of casual violence and deep-rooted prejudice has strong contemporary resonance. Gébler's lack of sensationalism in describing horrific scenes of cruelty, and his refusal to oversimplify issues, ultimately increase the impact of this story.Novelist, playwright and broadcaster Carlo Gébler was born in Dublin in 1954, the son of famous Irish novelist Edna O'Brien. A graduate of York University and the National Film and Television School, Gébler has directed a number of television documentaries and contributed articles to many prominent newspapers and magazines. He now lives in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. His other works include W9 And Other Lives, published by Marion Boyars in 1998."Gébler at his disturbing best."?The Sunday Times.

How To Murder a Man

Genre Fiction

Little, Brown & Company, London

THE SIEGE OF DERRY is one of the key flash points in the troubled history of Ireland and Britain. In 1688 William of Orange had claimed the English throne, forcing the catholic James II to flee to Ireland. From there he hoped to mount his comeback. In December of that year James' troops attempted to take over the protestant city of Derry. To the now-famous cry of 'No Surrender' the apprentice boys closed the city gates to James' army and the 105-day siege begun. The besiegers effectively used cannon and mortar to shell the defenders - with terrifying results - and conditions became desperate as the city began to run out of food. Carlo Gebler's book thrillingly describes both the events leading up to the siege and the heroic struggles within and outside Derry as the five-month battle waged.

The Siege of Derry

History

World

Little,Brown & Co

The Cure

ABACUS +

Nineteenth-century Ireland was awash with secret societies, principally rural, and principally Catholic. Their function was to keep tenants on the land as they had always leased. The landlords that evicted the old tenants, and the 'land grabbers' (often Catholic) who took the new leases, were regarded as enemies. The most feared of the societies was the group known as the Ribbonmen, who enforced their ideals with brutal and horrendous practices - they castrated, tarred and feathered and even skinned their victims alive. In HOW TO MURDER A MAN, Carlo Gebler tells of a small rural community in County Monaghan, and the attempts to murder the landlord there. As in Gebler's highly acclaimed previous novel, THE CURE, it is inspired by a true story. His new novel is a fascinating glimpse of an untold part of Irish history, and traces the connections between these societies and the modern para-military groups.

Carlo Gébler's childhood was one of prohibitions: no sweets, no comics, no toys, no friends to the house to play; a childhood dominated by his father Ernest Gébler's belief in discipline and Joseph Stalin. Ernest Gébler was a writer whose novel The Plymouth Adventure was made into a film starring Spencer Tracy. But when Carlo Gébler's mother—Edna O'Brien—eclipsed her husband's literary success, Ernest Gébler convinced himself that he was the writer of her books, a strain which broke the family up. After years of silence, Carlo finally discovered both the truth about his father and feelings which he had not known himself capable of. "You cannot change the past, but with understanding you can sometimes draw the poison out of it."Born in Dublin in 1954, Carlo Gébler has written nine books, dramatisations for theatre, and radio.

Father & I: A Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

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