We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Irish novelist Paul Murray, the acclaimed author of "Skippy Dies," returns with "The Bee Sting" (Farrar, Straus and ...

To paraphrase Tolstoy’s famous sentence: Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, one member a punching bag for frustrations and grievances. In Paul Murray’s layered, beguiling “The Bee Sting,” ...

Written in rhapsodically gorgeous 18th-century prose, with cameos from George Washington, Samuel Johnson, and a robot duck, Pynchon's novel is a touching story of friendship, as the titular surveyors ...

Irish authors Paul Lynch and Paul Murray have been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize. "The Bee Sting" by Paul Murray and "Prophet Song" by Paul Lynch are among the six books shortlisted for ...

Sebastian Barry, Elaine Feeney, Paul Lynch, and Paul Murray are listed among the 13 authors longlisted for the coveted Booker Prize as Ireland becomes the country that has produced the most nominees ...