Books by Claire Kilroy and Complete Book Reviews

Tenderwire
Tenderwire
Claire Kilroy, Author . Harvest $14 (294p) ISBN 978-0-15-603204-9
The slapstick fallout from a violinist's purchase of a rare instrument of dubious origin makes for a taut, confident American debut by Irish writer Kilroy. A 20-something violinist for the fledgling New Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra in New York...
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The Devil I Know
The Devil I Know
Claire Kilroy. Grove/Black Cat, $16 trade paper, (368p) ISBN 978-0-8021-2237-7
Kilroy’s (Tenderwire) darkly comic caper draws the reader in immediately with the introduction of a seductive narrator, Tristram St. Lawrence, who is on trial for financial chicanery. A self-absorbed aristocrat and struggling former alcoholic,...
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Soldier Sailor
Soldier Sailor
Claire Kilroy. Scribner, $26 (240p) ISBN 978-1-6680-5180-1
Kilroy’s gut-wrenching latest (after The Devil I Know) finds a mother, Soldier, recounting to her son, Sailor, the first few years of his life. The action moves fluidly between past and present, mimicking the out-of-time nature of early motherhood,...
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