All articles by Ian Wall
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Crash continues to spawn
Ireland continues to produce top-quality novels that expose the behaviour behind the crash, while also being highly entertaining. Declan Burke’s Slaughter’s Hound begins with a property developer carrying out an external survey of the facade of his nine-storey building by exiting the top floor.
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From Ireland's crash to Scottish ballads, via France and Walden Pond
The most powerful, horrifying and entertaining novel so far to come out of the banking and property disaster, The Devil I Know , is — not surprisingly — set in Ireland.
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Mall tales, Mumbai and murder on your midsummer reading list
This summer’s books are all “holiday reads”, which will not only entertain, but also carry us away from the bad weather.
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Some light and not-so-light reading to place under the tree this year
The property crash continued to provide material for Alan Glynn in his latest novel Bloodland, a follow-up to 2009’s Winterland.
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Book reviews: Build up your portfolio of page-turners
Powerful, provocative and entertaining in turn, this summer’s books should provide something for everyone. United, as they are, by themes close to the hearts – or wallets – of Property Week’s readers, they should all entertain.Union Atlantic is big, bold and gripping. Its two main characters are a banker and ...