![]() Amongst his books, and I’m not going to list them all because there really are so many, The Eleventh Summer, Work and Play, Life of a Drum, The Cure, How to Murder a Man, A Good Day for a Dog, his collection of stories W9 and other lives was published in 1996, he has written for children and young adults, August ’44 and The Bull Raid are some of the books that he’s produced. He has a degree in English from the University of York and the practice of film making at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield. (laughter)Sinéad: Will Self has said of The Cure, one of Carlo’s books, "it is both edgy and exact, haunting and serious, it’s also the best historical novel I have read." So that was some compliment Carlo.Carlo: Yeah.Sinéad: Carlo was born in Dublin in the 50s and brought up in London. (laughter)Sinéad: He has a talent for setting a scene and filling in the character in a few adept strokes according to Penelope Lively.Carlo: Yeah, she should know. He has been described as a sensitive talent.Carlo: Yes. Carlo is a novelist, a playwright, a biographer, a man of many parts, a writer who has produced so many books in different genres. ![]() It’s my great pleasure to welcome Carlo Gébler here today. We’re very to the public library system for hosting us, for allowing us to run the series of events here, and also for taking our books which are available in 50 different languages, we’ve 1,500 titles of works of Irish literature in translation and these books are available through the public library system through a list called the Rosetta List so if you ever are interested in reading a book of Irish literature in another language have a look at the Rosetta List within the public library system and books will be sourced for you and you can read and compare and check if the translators have done a good job. Occasionally we run events here in Ireland. My name is Sinéad Mac Aodha I’m the Director of Ireland Literature Exchange an organisation which has a function similar to that of the Literary Department of the British Council, we promote Irish literature abroad. Recorded in the Central Library on as part of its 'Dublin Revealed' series.Sinéad Mac Aodha: Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming to the second of the Four Fiction Fridays. In this episode author Carlo Gébler reads from his novel ‘The Dead Eight’, and takes questions from the audience. Listen to Carlo Gébler talk and reading.Welcome to the Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive Podcast.
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