Those who have been following The Temporary Gentleman on Radio 4 might enjoy this earlier work from the Irish playwright and author Sebastian Barry. Read by Doreen Keogh and Alex Jennings. Nearing her ...

Sebastian Barry's Booker Award contender "The Secret Scripture" ($24.95, Viking Press, 300 pages) is beautifully written, with vivid descriptions of 1920s Sligo, Ireland. It is also non-romantic ...