I read Rule of the Land years ago (a gift from Sinéad Gleeson) and was very impressed by it. Recently I read Carr's novel, shortlisted at the Irish Book Awards 2025, and found it a whole other kettle of complicated fish and family. The village it's set in becomes a character in its own right in a sort of wry, John McGahern way. Both well worth reading.
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On the peculiarly Irish use of "grand", from Garrett's Carr's novel The Boy from the Sea
More on that usage here: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2019/06/27/a-grand-irish-usage/
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@stancarey It’s very similar to the way I would use “fine” in an overly optimistic spirit of denial.
My partner was making fun of me this week by imagine I dialogue in which she said “Look, the house is on fire!” and I replied, “Och, it’s smoldering at worst. It’ll be fine.”
Stan Carey
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