Famine

Name: Famine
Author: Liam O'Flaherty

by Liam O'Flaherty

Novel depicting the devastation of the Irish potato famine

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About the author

Liam O'Flaherty

O'Flaherty was a turbulent Irish writer whose novels of the Irish Civil War and Aran island life combined naturalist intensity with primitive emotional force. The Informer is his most famous novel, a tense psychological thriller set in revolutionary Dublin.

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The InformerNovel of an Irish spy and betrayal during the independence movement
The AssassinNovel of political violence and psychological struggle in Ireland
The Black SoulNovel exploring moral corruption and spiritual emptiness in modern Ireland
SkerrettNovel of island life and rural Irish character in historical setting
The TentNovel of Irish rural life exploring tradition and social upheaval
Spring SowingShort story collection exploring themes of peasant life and Irish society