Books that stayed with me
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Books that stayed with me

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Books that stayed with me

Darragh Kinsella
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Not a definitive list, just the ones that got the full-time whistle and I still think about them in the car. Mix of Dublin writers, GAA-adjacent stuff and a few that just hit different, like a Comerford point from the sideline. Read 'em, don't rush 'em, just saying like.

The list

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Books that stayed with me — 6 items
NameTickBookAuthorMy take
1Night Boat to TangierNight Boat to TangierKevin BarryTwo aul lads waiting in a ferry terminal and somehow it's the most tense ninety minutes you'll read all year, just saying like.
2Normal People———
3Normal PeopleNormal PeopleSally RooneyEveryone in Stillorgan has an opinion on this one, like a ref's decision in injury time. I still think Connell should've just said it.
4The Spinning HeartThe Spinning HeartDonal RyanTwenty-one voices and every one of them lands like a well-struck free. Post-crash Ireland, no padding, no messing.
5Skippy DiesSkippy DiesPaul MurraySet in a Dublin boarding school and funnier and sadder than it's got any right being. Big book, worth the extra time, like a replay.
6Open: An AutobiographyOpenAndre AgassiNot GAA, I know, but the honesty about hating the grind of a sport you're brilliant at hit closer to home than most training diaries.