Carlo Gébler

August in July

The Eleventh Summer

A masterful coming-of-age set in 1960s London.

The Innocent of Falkland Road

Patrick Maguire

The intensely moving memoir of Patrick Maguire, one of the ‘Maguire Seven’ wrongly imprisoned as a teenager for making bombs for the IRA.

My Father’s Watch: The Story of a Child Prisoner in 70s Britain

An instantly striking portrait of life inside a Northern Ireland prison. Composed of nine linked stories, each tale is narrated by Harry Chalky' Chalkman, an intelligent, street-wise and sensitive wing orderly (a prison inmate charged with the maintenance of order and cleanliness) serving a twelve-year sentence for Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm. Through Gebler's pitch-perfect dialogue and deep understanding of his characters, a world emerges that is full of contradiction and injustice, but not without warmth, humor and true human feeling. At times hilarious, violent, tender, and enlightening, The Wing Orderly's Tales is a major new work by one of Ireland's most important and critically lauded living writers.

The Wing Orderly's Tales

A tale of murder, reprisal and political unrest, set in Northern Ireland's troubled past.

How to Murder a Man

An East-west Journey

Driving Through Cuba

The Irish novelist recalls his difficult relationship with his writer father, who died of Alzheimer's in 1998.

A Memoir

Father & I

Diving under the sea, gasping over bewitched butter, or flying on a eagle's back to land on the moon ... Three magical tales of good and evil. Which is best? Caught in a first-class compartment, Archie, the kitchen boy on the Dublin-Achill railway, must decide a winner. A simple choice? Not all, because the sinister Mr. Cink wants to be the champion -- at any cost.

Caught on a Train

Stories in an international setting by an Irish writer. The title story describes the effect on parents of a son's suicide, in Telephone Sex a woman wrongly accuses her man of infidelity, and in Four Pesos a tourist betrays a Cuban maid to the authorities

W9 & Other Lives

“A welcome feast of fables for our times … Carlo Gébler’s book is a wonderful, gloomy and welcome addition to the Aesopic corpus … The stories have been re-written in a spiky, contemporary style … The content of these pessimistic stories is thought-provoking but what makes the collection absolutely delightful is the vigor and originality of Carlo Gébler’s writing. The illustrations by Gavin Weston are likewise magnificent.” —The Irish Times “This repackaging of [Aesop's] fables by Carlo Gebler and illsutrator Gavin Weston is a reminder that adult minds were originally the target of this litany of pocket-sized parables ... There is very much a feeling here of the ancient sound-tracking the alarmingly present.” —Sunday Independent (Dublin) “Scary new versions of ancient morality tales, Aesop's Fables, with stings in all their tails [...] are full of adult wisdom, human misfortune and bitter experiences, which, because they happen to other people, are hilarious.” —Belfast Telegraph THE GREATEST COLLECTION OF FABLES EVER WRITTEN, UPDATED FOR OUR TURBULENT TIMES A witty illustrated version of the world's greatest collection of fables, allegedly written by a slave in the 5th century BC. A book for our times: as Gebler notes, Aesop has two subjects—the exercise of power and the experience of the powerless who endure life and all that it inflicts on them. This retelling of the Fables makes them relevant and richly enjoyable. Large and fierce animals kill and butcher weaker creatures; gods play games with the hopes and fears of lesser species, including men and women; and occasionally the weak turn the tables on the strong, exposing their pretensions. This is a stunning new version of a book that was often bowdlerized and used to teach moral lessons to children. Gebler’s Aesop is darker and more realistic, and compulsively readable.

The Cruelty of the Gods

Aesop’s Fables

An Adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde

10 Rounds

On a wet November morning in 1940 Harry Gleeson discovered the body of Moll McCarthy in a field near the village of New Inn, Co. Tipperary. Moll McCarthy had been shot twice with a shotgun, once in the face - Carlo Gebler's novel is an attempt to explain how the local police fabricated their case and fitted up Harry Gleeson.

A Novel

The Dead Eight

THE SIEGE OF DERRY is one of the key flash points in the troubled history of Ireland and Britain. In 1688 William of Orange had claimed the English throne, forcing the catholic James II to flee to Ireland. From there he hoped to mount his comeback. In December of that year James' troops attempted to take over the protestant city of Derry. To the now-famous cry of 'No Surrender' the apprentice boys closed the city gates to James' army and the 105-day siege begun. The besiegers effectively used cannon and mortar to shell the defenders - with terrifying results - and conditions became desperate as the city began to run out of food. Carlo Gebler's book thrillingly describes both the events leading up to the siege and the heroic struggles within and outside Derry as the five-month battle waged.

The Siege of Derry

In Prague, 1572, a golem walks the streets of Prague protecting the Jews from the enemies who would kill them. In Paris, 1944, it is the closing days of the war. Saul shelters in a cave with his Jewish family and friends hiding from an enemy seeking their destruction. But there's no golem now. Suggested level: secondary.

August '44

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Tutto in un treno

A witty, scatological illustrated version of the world's greatest collection of fables, allegedly written by a slave in the 5th century BC. A book for our times: as Gebler notes, Aesop has two subjects – the exercise of power and the experience of the powerless who endure life and all that it inflicts on them. This retelling of the Fables makes them relevant and richly enjoyable. Large and fierce animals kill and butcher weaker creatures; gods play games with the hopes and fears of lesser species, including men and women; and occasionally the weak turn the tables on the strong, exposing their pretensions. This is a stunning new version of a book that was often bowdlerised and used to teach moral lessons to children. Gebler's Aesop is darker and more realistic, and compulsively readable.

Carlo Gébler

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