Query: Novels about homelessness or the Troubles (Northern Ireland)
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Milkman (novel)
Cal (novel)
Ripley Bogle
Monkey Island (book)
Lies of Silence
Eureka Street (novel)
A Son Called Gabriel
A Secret History of the IRA
Say Nothing (book)
Junk (novel)
The Family Under the Bridge
Evidence from documents: Milkman (novel): Set during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, the story follows an 18-year-old girl who is harassed by an older married man known as the "milkman".
Cal (novel): First Irish edition(publ. The Blackstaff Press)
'''''Cal''''' is a 1983 novel by Bernard MacLaverty, detailing the experiences of a young Irish Catholic involved with the IRA.
Ripley Bogle: '''''Ripley Bogle''''' is the debut novel of Northern Irish author Robert McLiam Wilson, published in 1989 in the UK although not until 1998 in the US. Written when he was 26 it is arguably his most acclaimed, winning the Rooney Prize and the Hughes Prize in 1989, and a Betty Trask Award and the Irish Book Awards the following year. Many elements of the novel are autobiographical; the author himself was born in Belfast, attended Cambridge University, dropped out and became homeless.
Monkey Island (book): Monkey Island''''' is a 1991 children's novel by Paula Fox. It deals with family breakdown and homelessness.
11-year-old Clay Garrity's dad, an art director, is out of work; Clay's mother trained for a good job - but it wasn't enough, especially with a baby coming. Unable to cope, Dad disappeared; now, without warning, Clay's distraught mother has also abandoned him, leaving him in an unsavory welfare hotel.
Lies of Silence: Lies of Silence''''' is a novel by Brian Moore published in 1990. It focuses on the personal effects of The Troubles, a period of ethnic, religious and political conflict in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s to 1998.
Eureka Street (novel): '''''Eureka Street''''' is a novel by Northern Irish author Robert McLiam Wilson, published in 1996 in the UK (1997 in the US), it focuses on the lives of two Belfast friends, one Catholic and one Protestant, shortly before and after the IRA ceasefire in 1994. A BBC TV adaptation of ''Eureka Street'' was broadcast in 1999.
A Son Called Gabriel: Set in Northern Ireland in the sixties and seventies, this novel describes the coming-of-age and sexual awakening of Gabriel Harkin.
A Secret History of the IRA: A central theme in the book is the role that Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has played in the Irish republican movement. In his review, O Ruairc noted that the book could have been "better titled ''A Secret History of Gerry Adams''".
Say Nothing (book): '''''Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland''''' is a 2018 book by writer and journalist Patrick Radden Keefe. It focuses on the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It spent six weeks on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list and received widespread critical acclaim.
Junk (novel): '''''Junk''''', known as '''''Smack''''' in the US, is a realistic novel for young adults, written by British author Melvin Burgess and published in 1996 by Andersen in the UK. Set on the streets of Bristol, England, it features two runaway teenagers who join a group of squatters, where they fall into heroin addiction and embrace anarchism.
The Family Under the Bridge: '''''The Family Under the Bridge''''' is a seasonal children's novel by Natalie Savage Carlson published in 1958. It received a Newbery Honor Award.
In the early 1900s a Parisian hobo named Armand dislikes children; but after meeting three children, Suzy, Evelyn, and Paul and their mother – he reluctantly allows them to share his space under a bridge in Paris during the Christmas season. Their ingenuity and talent helps them feed themselves, and he soon becomes attached to the children and determines to provide a home for them. Eventually, he becomes a hardworking man.