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Paraic O'Donnell

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Born

Dublin, Ireland

Website

http://paraicodonnell.com/

Genre

Fiction, Fantasy

Influences

Jane Austen, George Eliot, P.G. Wodehouse, John Updike, Ali Smith, A.S ...more

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July 2014

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Paraic O’Donnell's first novel, The Maker of Swans, was named the Amazon Rising Stars Debut of the Month for February 2016, and was shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards in the Newcomer of the Year category.

Praise for The Maker of Swans

‘Lavishly entertaining…strange and captivating.’

– The Independent

‘At its best, the prose is glorious, combining an ear for deep cadences of language with a phenomenal acuity of vision…O’Donnell is clearly a major talent.’

– The Guardian

‘A vividly imagined and deeply pleasurable gothic fantasy.’

– Financial Times

‘Ambitious and original.’

– The Irish Times

‘Extraordinarily readable…almost cinematic.’

– Irish Independent

‘There’s sufficient invention and engaging strangeness to keep the reader enfolde ...more

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Average rating: 3.42 · 340 ratings · 72 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Maker of Swans 3.42 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Dissonant, haunting and superbly atmospheric. An immensely subtle and profoundly affecting debut.
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Paraic O'Donnell and 1 other person liked Trish's review of H is for Hawk: "An absolutely wonderful book. I had a very personal reaction to it that I won't bore you with, but it was amazing. Suffice to say that this is a book that Speaks to Me About My Life, and also has a lot of interesting titbits about hawks in it. I c..." Read more of this review »
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