Claire Kilroy – författare

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024AN IRISH TIMES BEST IRISH BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY THE TIMES NOVEL OF THE YEARAnd a Guardian, FT, Economist, Irish Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, Irish Independent and Independent Book of the Year 'I could not put it down.' ANNE ENRIGHT'It's very moving, also very funny.' PAUL MURRAY'My favourite book I've read this year.' PANDORA SYKES'I lived and breathed beside her narrator.' DAISY JOHNSONIn her wildly acclaimed new novel Claire Kilroy creates an unforgettable heroine, whose fierce love for her young son clashes with the seismic change to her own identity.As her marriage strains and she struggles with questions of love, autonomy, creativity and the passing of time, an old friend makes a welcome return - but can he really offer a lifeline to the woman she used to be?Readers adore Soldier Sailor:***** 'About as perfect a piece of writing as you'll find.'***** 'Unbearably tense and frequently hilarious.'***** 'An entirely different voltage to anything I've read ... she somehow manages to verbalise *exactly* the feelings and thoughts I, certainly, had at points when I was a young mother'***** 'This story touched me on such a visceral level.'***** 'I was held captive by this novel ... an utterly absorbing depiction of motherhood'***** 'I loved this book. Any woman, with or without children, will see themselves mirrored in this narrative'***** 'An excellent, interesting and rather unforgettable creation.'

**SOLDIER SAILOR - THE NEW NOVEL BY CLAIRE KILROY - IS AVAILABLE NOW**'Compelling.' The Times'Written with such verve and confidence . . . impossible not to enjoy.' 5* reader review'This is my favourite book.' 5* reader reviewAnna Hunt has lost her memory and is on the run. From who and what she is unsure, but trapped in the present she seems certain of only one thing - she is somehow linked to the stolen painting currently being restored in the National Gallery. In a wonderfully unsettling first novel, Claire Kilroy manages to combine beautiful, poetic prose with the menacing atmosphere of a thriller as she explores themes of memory, violence, art and escape.PRAISE FOR SOLDIER SAILOR:'Intense, furious, moving and often extremely funny.' DAVID NICHOLLS'Astonishing.' Observer'So powerful.' MONICA ALI'Exceptionally good [it] sizzles and crackles with life.' The Times'A huge, small book.' ANNE ENRIGHT'I lived and breathed beside her narrator. A furious, muffled shout of a book.' DAISY JOHNSON

**SOLDIER SAILOR - THE NEW NOVEL BY CLAIRE KILROY - IS AVAILABLE NOW**'Captivating' Irish Times'Revealing and elegant' Financial Times'Masterful.' Sunday TribuneEva Tyne, an Irish violinist living and working in New York, collapses after her solo debut and is rushed to hospital. Still dazed after the incident, she finds herself embarked on a chaotic and dangerous odyssey. Leaving her steady partner, she quickly falls in love with a mysterious man, and shortly thereafter comes across a rare violin of dubious provenance, for which she must raise the required payment in cash in less than a week. But, haunted by the ghost of her father, racked with jealousy, and unsure whom she can trust around her, Eva soon finds herself playing a desperate psychological game as her desires threaten to destroy her.Narrated in Eva's unforgettable voice - at once passionate and unreliable - Tenderwire is a novel of immense pace and skill, a guessing game and a whodunnit that surprises at every turn.PRAISE FOR SOLDIER SAILOR:'Intense, furious, moving and often extremely funny.' DAVID NICHOLLS'Astonishing.' Observer'So powerful.' MONICA ALI'Exceptionally good [it] sizzles and crackles with life.' The Times'A huge, small book.' ANNE ENRIGHT'I lived and breathed beside her narrator. A furious, muffled shout of a book.' DAISY JOHNSON

**SOLDIER SAILOR - THE NEW NOVEL BY CLAIRE KILROY - IS AVAILABLE NOW**'Impressive.' Independent'Gripping.' Financial TimesAn intense, atmospheric and expertly-plotted new novel from the author of Soldier Sailor.All Names Have Been Changed is set in Dublin in the mid-1980s - a city in the grip of recession and a heroin epidemic. Narrated by Declan, the only boy of a tight-knit writing group at Trinity College, it tells of their fascination with the formidably talented but troubled writer Glynn, and the darkly exhilarating journey this leads them on.Brilliantly exploring the shifting group dynamic, and offering a unique insight into the pursuit of the creative life - with all its energy and demons, its moments of artistic elation and defeat - this is a novel of considerable verve. Following earlier forays into the worlds of art restoration and classical music, it is further evidence of Claire Kilroy's natural gift for narrative, atmosphere and character.PRAISE FOR SOLDIER SAILOR:'Intense, furious, moving and often extremely funny.' DAVID NICHOLLS'Astonishing.' Observer'So powerful.' MONICA ALI'Exceptionally good [it] sizzles and crackles with life.' The Times'A huge, small book.' ANNE ENRIGHT'I lived and breathed beside her narrator. A furious, muffled shout of a book.' DAISY JOHNSON

**SOLDIER SAILOR - THE NEW NOVEL BY CLAIRE KILROY - IS AVAILABLE NOW**'Smart, funny and stylish.' JOHN BANVILLE'Kilroy's darkly comic, clever book keeps the reader engrossed and aghast.' IndependentThere was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mileHe made a crooked deal and he blew a crooked pileHe dug a crooked hole And he sank the crooked isleAnd they all went to hell in a stew of crooked bile.The Devil I Know is a thrilling novel of greed and hubris, set against the backdrop of a brewing international debt crisis. Told by Tristram, in the form of a mysterious testimony, it recounts his return home after a self-imposed exile only to find himself trapped as a middle man played on both sides - by a grotesque builder he's known since childhood on the one hand, and a shadowy businessman he's never met on the other. Caught between them, as an overblown property development begins in his home town of Howth, it follows Tristram's dawning realisation that all is not well.From a writer unafraid to take risks, The Devil I Know is a bold, brilliant and disturbing piece of storytelling.PRAISE FOR SOLDIER SAILOR:'Intense, furious, moving and often extremely funny.' DAVID NICHOLLS'Astonishing.' Observer'So powerful.' MONICA ALI'Exceptionally good [it] sizzles and crackles with life.' The Times'A huge, small book.' ANNE ENRIGHT'I lived and breathed beside her narrator. A furious, muffled shout of a book.' DAISY JOHNSON

**SOLDIER SAILOR - THE NEW NOVEL BY CLAIRE KILROY - IS AVAILABLE NOW**There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mileHe made a crooked deal and he blew a crooked pileHe dug a crooked hole And he sank the crooked isleAnd they all went to hell in a stew of crooked bile.The Devil I Know is a thrilling novel of greed and hubris, set against the backdrop of a brewing international debt crisis. Told by Tristram, in the form of a mysterious testimony, it recounts his return home after a self-imposed exile only to find himself trapped as a middle man played on both sides - by a grotesque builder he's known since childhood on the one hand, and a shadowy businessman he's never met on the other. Caught between them, as an overblown property development begins in his home town of Howth, it follows Tristram's dawning realisation that all is not well.From a writer unafraid to take risks, The Devil I Know is a bold, brilliant and disturbing piece of storytelling.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024The Times Novel of the YearAnd a Guardian, FT, Economist, Irish Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, Irish Independent and Independent Book of the Year 'One of the finest novels published this year.' Sunday Times'I could not put it down.' ANNE ENRIGHT'It's very moving, also very funny.' PAUL MURRAY'My favourite book I've read this year.' PANDORA SYKES'I lived and breathed beside her narrator.' DAISY JOHNSONIn her wildly acclaimed new novel Claire Kilroy creates an unforgettable heroine, whose fierce love for her young son clashes with the seismic change to her own identity.As her marriage strains and she struggles with questions of love, autonomy, creativity and the passing of time, an old friend makes a welcome return - but can he really offer a lifeline to the woman she used to be?Readers adore Soldier Sailor:***** 'About as perfect a piece of writing as you'll find.'***** 'Unbearably tense and frequently hilarious.'***** 'An entirely different voltage to anything I've read ... she somehow manages to verbalise *exactly* the feelings and thoughts I, certainly, had at points when I was a young mother'***** 'This story touched me on such a visceral level.'***** 'I was held captive by this novel ... an utterly absorbing depiction of motherhood'***** 'I loved this book. Any woman, with or without children, will see themselves mirrored in this narrative'***** 'An excellent, interesting and rather unforgettable creation.'

Ein Aufschrei, eine Anklage, eine wütende Liebeserklärung an das MutterseinSoldier hat ihr erstes Kind bekommen. Ihr Mann geht zur Arbeit, trainiert in der Garage seine Muskeln und steht ihr mit guten Ratschlägen zur Seite. Sie scheint auf einem anderen Planeten gelandet und erinnert sich nur vage an Dinge wie Schlaf oder an die Frau, die sie einmal gewesen ist. Wie kann man vor Liebe überschäumen und gleichzeitig so unglaublich wütend sein? Sind alle Frauen so schlecht auf die Realität der Mutterschaft vorbereitet? Während Soldier ihren einsamen Überlebenskampf am Rande des Wahnsinns führt, rettet sie die Begegnung mit einem alten Freund, der selbst Vater von drei Kindern ist. Denn einen Freund kann sie gerade wirklich gebrauchen. So sehr, dass man fast glauben könnte, sie hätte ihn sich herbei geträumt. Claire Kilroy schafft in ihrem Roman »Kinderspiel« eine unvergessliche Heldin, deren Liebe zu ihrem kleinen Sohn mit der brennenden Wut auf alle kollidiert, die sie damit allein lassen.»Dieser Roman ist selbst wie eine Geburt: archaisch, schmerzhaft, randvoll mit kompliziertesten Gefühlen - ein rauschhaftes, atemloses Leseglück.« DANIELA DRÖSCHER»Intensiv, wütend, bewegend und extrem lustig.« DAVID NICHOLLS »Jedes Wort spiegelt den Schmerz, die Freude, die Kämpfe und die überraschende Einsamkeit der Mutterschaft. Nichts für schwache Nerven. Ehrlicher wird es nicht mehr in der Literatur.« JOHN BOYNE»Fesselnd, alltäglich und witzig. […] Es ist ein packendes Buch. Ich konnte es nicht aus der Hand legen.« ANNE ENRIGHT »Selbst jetzt noch, wenn ich aus dem Fenster schaue und eine Mutter mit Kinderwagen sehe, denke ich: O mein Gott, geht es ihr gut? So ein Buch ist es.« COLM TÓIBÍN »Beeindruckend, wie [der Roman] die Dynamik aufzeigt zwischen Autonomie, Kreativität, Machtverschiebungen innerhalb der Ehe nach der Geburt des ersten Kindes, Identitätsverlust und Wut, ohne dabei die Liebe aus den Augen zu verlieren.« MONICA ALI »Fängt das Chaos, die Erschöpfung und die fast unerträglichen Glücksmomente perfekt ein.« PAUL MURRAY - Nominiert für den Women''s Prize for Fiction- THE TIMES Roman des JahresIn der Buch des Jahres-Auswahl von - The Guardian       - Financial Times     - The Telegraph     - Irish Times      - Irish Independent      - The Economist   - iNews   - RED - The Week