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Of course, we all know famed Irish writers James Joyce, W. B. Yeats and Samuel Beckett. And then, of course, there’s the more recent group: Colm Toibin, Emma Donohue, Frank McCourt, Anne Enright, Tana French and Colum McCann. But we suggest you branch out and pick up a book by a brand-new talent out of Ireland. These 7 writers are definitely ones to watch. Their works of fiction and nonfiction are, in turns, gripping, moving and unputdownable.
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