Gerard Donovan, Author . Counterpoint $25 (306p) ISBN 978-1-58243-223-6
A self-reflexive commentary on war and violence, Donovan's first novel is sophisticated and innovative, though too caught up in toying with literary conventions. Two unnamed men in an unnamed, war-torn European town some time in the 20th century
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Gerard Donovan, Author . Overlook $23.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-58567-849-5
Donovan's poetic, well-crafted third novel, like his debut, Schopenhauer's Telescope
, shows how violence can infect and take over a person's life. Julius Winsome has retreated with his old dog, Hobbes, to a remote family cabin in the...
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Gerard Donovan, Author . Overlook $24 (206p) ISBN 978-1-58567-981-2
Irish writer Donovan’s confounding third novel (after Julius Winsome
) revolves around the overmedication of America, but fails to rise above a convoluted satire. Sunless—the novel’s self-named narrator—recounts the crumbling
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Gerard Donovan, Author . Overlook $24.95 (223p) ISBN 978-1-59020-030-8
Donovan (Julius Winsome
) writes convincingly about loss and survival in an Ireland where big gaps remain between what his characters want and what they have. The aging, recently fired electronics salesman narrating “Harry Dietz” drives
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