Seaghán Ó Murchú 🔖 answers thirteen questions in Booker's Dozen. 

 Reading Aloud And Allowed

TPQ: What are you currently reading?

SM: The Beatles/Tune In (expanded ed.) by Mark Lewisohn.

TPQ: Best and worst books you have ever read?

SM: Best: Ulysses by James Joyce. Worst: Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens.

TPQ: Book most cherished as a child?

SM: Scott's Standard Postal Stamp Catalog.

TPQ: Favourite Childhood author?

SM: J.R.R. Tolkien.

TPQ: First book to really own you?

SM: Selected Poems by Philip Larkin.


TPQ: Favourite male and female author?

SM: Male: Mario Vargas Llosa. Female: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill.

TPQ: A preference for fact or fiction? 

SM: Friction?

TPQ: Biography, autobiography or memoir that most impressed you?

SM: Nothing To Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes.

TPQ: Any author or book you point blank refuse to read?

SM: Ayn Rand.

TPQ: A book to share with somebody so that they would more fully understand you? 

SM: Manchán Magan, Angels and Rabies: A Journey through the Americas.


TPQ: Last book you gave as a present?

SM: Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division by Peter Hook.

TPQ: Book you would most like to see turned into a movie?

SM: The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel.

TPQ: The just must - select one book you simply have to read before you close the final page on life.

SM: Mortality by Christopher Hitchens (to re-read...)

🕮 Seaghán Ó Murchú is a professor of Literature in Los Angelos. 

Booker's Dozen 📚 Seaghán Ó Murchú

Seaghán Ó Murchú 🔖 answers thirteen questions in Booker's Dozen. 

 Reading Aloud And Allowed

TPQ: What are you currently reading?

SM: The Beatles/Tune In (expanded ed.) by Mark Lewisohn.

TPQ: Best and worst books you have ever read?

SM: Best: Ulysses by James Joyce. Worst: Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens.

TPQ: Book most cherished as a child?

SM: Scott's Standard Postal Stamp Catalog.

TPQ: Favourite Childhood author?

SM: J.R.R. Tolkien.

TPQ: First book to really own you?

SM: Selected Poems by Philip Larkin.


TPQ: Favourite male and female author?

SM: Male: Mario Vargas Llosa. Female: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill.

TPQ: A preference for fact or fiction? 

SM: Friction?

TPQ: Biography, autobiography or memoir that most impressed you?

SM: Nothing To Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes.

TPQ: Any author or book you point blank refuse to read?

SM: Ayn Rand.

TPQ: A book to share with somebody so that they would more fully understand you? 

SM: Manchán Magan, Angels and Rabies: A Journey through the Americas.


TPQ: Last book you gave as a present?

SM: Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division by Peter Hook.

TPQ: Book you would most like to see turned into a movie?

SM: The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel.

TPQ: The just must - select one book you simply have to read before you close the final page on life.

SM: Mortality by Christopher Hitchens (to re-read...)

🕮 Seaghán Ó Murchú is a professor of Literature in Los Angelos. 

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