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Recent Articles from Three Monkeys Online Magazine

• Lovely Seaside Girls. James Joyce’s Musical Interludes

  Tom Brace takes a historical look at some of the music, and culture, that influenced Dublin writer James Joyce when writing his masterpiece Ulysses.

  
  
• Betrayal in Naples - Neil Griffiths in interview - Three Monkeys Online

  Betrayal in Naples is the promising first novel from English writer Neil Griffiths. Andrew Lawless spoke with Griffiths about Naples, the Camorra, novel writing and blogs - for Three Monkeys Online.

  
  
• Carry me down - M.J. Hyland in interview

  The first person narrative of a troubled young Irish boy, told in M.J.Hyland's second novel Carry Me Down, captivated audiences and critics alike. It was nominated for last year's Man Booker prize, and described by novelist Monica Ali as "a work of discreet brilliance". Hyland spoke to Three Monkeys recently about her preference for the first person narrative, and about what distinguighes the great novel from the good.

  
  
• Seán O’Casey - Portrait of the Artist as an Outsider

  Seán O’Casey, for many was the 'slum dramatist', not only because his classic trilogy of plays, Juno and the Paycock, Shadow of a Gunman, and The Plough and the Stars were set in Dublin's working class slums, but because O'Casey himself, it seemed, came from that background. But, in reality, much of this was an adopted persona. Tom Brace examines the historical context of O'Casey's and the relationship between an artist's persona and his work.

  
  
• "You kill them, if pressed" - Tim Winton

  Tim Winton, Australian author of novels including Cloudstreet, The Riders, and Dirt Music, talks to Three Monkeys Online about his inspirations and fiction, and why the "novel that tries too hard starts to smell like a thesis".