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Paul Murray (born 1975) is an Irish novelist, the author of the novels An Evening of Long Goodbyes, Skippy Dies, The Mark and the Void, and The Bee Sting. Biography Murray was born in Dublin in 1975, the son of a professor of Anglo-Irish Drama at University College Dublin and a teacher. Murray attended Blackrock College in south Dublin, an experience that would later provide the basis for the school in Skippy Dies. He studied English literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and subsequently completed his master's in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. He also spent time in Barcelona as an English teacher, a time he did not enjoy, describing it as "a brief and unhappy stint teaching English to a Catalan businessman, who pointed out many faults in my grammar I had not known about hitherto". He describes Gravity's Rainbow as "really inspiring for me when I was younger because it was a bridge between the world of literature and the world of pop culture." Novels Murray has written four novels: his first, An Evening of Long Goodbyes, was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Prize in 2003 and nominated for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. His second novel, Skippy Dies, was longlisted for the 2010 Booker Prize and shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Prize, the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. It was also #3 on Time magazine's top ten works of fiction from 2010. His third novel, The Mark and the Void, was one of Time's top ten best fiction books for 2015, and joint winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize in 2016. His most recent novel, The Bee Sting, was published in 2023. Described as "a tragicomic triumph" and a source of "pure page-turning pleasure" in The Guardian, it was shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize, won an Irish Book Award as 2023 Novel of the Year, and won the inaugural £30,000 Nero Gold prize for the 2023 Book of the Year. The Bee Sting was included on the New York Times list (along with four others works) of “The Best Fiction Books of 2023”. Metal Heart Murray wrote the screenplay for 2018 Irish film Metal Heart, which was directed by Hugh O'Conor. List of works An Evening of Long Goodbyes (2003) Skippy Dies (2010) The Mark and the Void (2015) The Bee Sting (2023) Personal life Murray lives in Dublin with his wife and son. References. Discover the Paul Murray popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Paul Murray books.
Best Seller Paul Murray Books of 2024
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Waiting for Love
Rosie HarrisWith all her signature warmth, wonderful characters and unforgettable drama, lose yourself in this moving saga of one girl's battle for happiness in the face of a life of shattered...
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Troubled Waters
Rosie HarrisLet muchloved multimillion copy bestseller Rosie Harris take you back in time with this wonderfully evocative, emotional and atmospheric saga of love, life and trauma. Fans of Dill...
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Summary of The Bee Sting a novel by Lisa Jewell
GP SUMMARYDISCLAIMERThis book does not in any capacity mean to replace the original book but to serve as a vast summary of the original book.Summary of The Bee Sting a novel by Lisa JewellIN...
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Turn Of The Tide
Rosie HarrisLet muchloved multimillion copy bestseller Rosie Harris sweep you away to Liverpool in this captivating and emotionally charged saga. Perfect for readers of Dilly Court, Kitty Nea...
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The Age of Bede
BEDE, J. F. Webb & D. H. FarmerThis selection of writings from the sixth and seventh century AD provides a powerful insight into the early history of the Christian Church in England and Ireland. From Bede's Life...
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The Power of Dreams
Rosie HarrisFans of Dilly Court, Kitty Neale, Emma Hornby and Rosie Goodwin will love this vivid and compelling saga, set around Tiger Bay and Cardiff. Muchloved multimillion copy bestseller ...
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Paul F. Murray v. Second District Court
Supreme Judicial Court of MassachusettsTaken in the aggregate, proved charges that a civil service employee of a local board of health had failed to comply with required office procedure and to maintain proper work hour...
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Supercute Futures
Martin Millar'Undeniably brilliant' Guardian 'The funniest writer in Britain today' GQ 'A Hello Kittytype brand dominating the global economy and bringing governments to heel feels chillingly...
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Misadventures of a Big Mouth Brit
Piers MorganPiers has got a new job. He's off to America to be the 'Nasty Brit' judging the show America's Got Talent surely a role he was made for? And with unprecedented access to people, p...
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The Lady Vanishes
Alison Sandy, Bryan Seymour, Sally Eeles & Marc WrightA muchloved mother, teacher and friend steps on a plane for an overseas adventure and is never seen again.Australia's most extraordinary missing persons case is examined by the jou...
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Himself
Jess Kidd"[A] fastpaced yarn that nimbly soars above the Irish crime fiction genre Kidd clearly knows very well." New York Times Book Review“[A] supernaturally skillful debut.” Vanity Fair“...
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The FSG Poetry Anthology
Jonathan Galassi & Robyn CreswellTo honor FSG's 75th anniversary, here is a unique anthology celebrating the riches and variety of its poetry listpast, present, and futurePoetry has been at the heart of Farrar, St...
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Office Without Power
Tony Benn'The detail of these diaries, and their comprehensive candour, offer unprecedented insights into the personal behaviour of many senior Labour politicians... The most readable polit...
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Murray Rosenthal and Joseph Rosenthal v. Paul andrew Scott
Supreme Court of FloridaThis cause is before the court on a petition for writ of certiorari filed by Murray and Joseph Rosenthal in which they seek review of a decision of the District Court of Appeal, Th...
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Shake Some Action
Stuart CoupeFor over four decades, Stuart Coupe has been at the heart of the Australian music scene, experiencing the giddy highs, crushing lows and everything in between that comes along with...
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Paul E. Murray and Betty S. Murray v. Stadium Authority City Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Athletic Company
Superior Court of PennsylvaniaJudge Earl R. Handler of the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County, Pennsylvania is sitting by designation.
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Mount Merrion
Justin QuinnJustin Quinn's Mount Merrion: a gripping family story spanning half a century, in the mould of Jonathan Franzen and John Lanchester.Declan and Sinead Boyle are pillars of society ...
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The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeOne of the major figures of English Romanticism, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (17721834) created works of remarkable diversity and imaginative genius. The period of his creative friends...
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Hero
Rhonda ByrneFrom Rhonda Byrne, creator of the international bestselling movie and book, The Secret, comes Hero, her latest worldchanging project and the most important to date.FROM ZERO TO HER...
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Say Hello to My Little Friend
Nat SegaloffThe author of The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear, brings us another sensational Hollywood tellall celebrating the 40th anniversary of Brian De Palma’s legendary 1983 gangster fi...
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Your Call
Jeremy Vine'Full of glorious examples of caller wisdom [with] laughoutloud anecdotes' Allison PearsonHaving taken over 25,000 listener calls on his BBC Radio 2 lunchtime show, Jeremy Vine dec...
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Mad Dog
David Lister & Hugh JordanA mindless sectarian psychopath or a loyalist folk hero who took the war to the IRA's front door? The name Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair is synonymous with a killing spree by loyalist ter...
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The Wild Laughter
Caoilinn HughesAn exhilarating dark comedy about two brothers confronting their father's fate in contemporary Ireland, from a critically acclaimed Irish author'Brilliant. A hilarious, poetical bl...
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The Other Black Girl
Zakiya Dalila HarrisNow a Hulu Original Series“Riveting, fearless, and vividly original” (Emily St. John Mandel, New York Times bestselling author), this instant New York Times bestseller explores the...
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Paul J. Murray and Linda Murray v. Farmers
Supreme Court Of IdahoPaul Murray was seriously injured in a single car accident when he failed to negotiate a curve in a new Chrysler automobile. Paul and Linda Murray investigated the possibility of b...
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Pup Culture
Victoria Lily ShafferPrepare yourself for every step of the dog adoption process and make your new best friend’s life the happiest and healthiest it can be with these fostering and adoption tips and ta...