Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, take the piss… They talk about their wives, their kids, their kids’ pets, their football teams and – this being Ireland in 2011–12 –about the euro, the crash, the presidential election, the Queen’s visit. But these men are not parochial or small-minded; one of them knows where to find the missing Colonel Gaddafi (he’s working as a cleaner at Dublin Airport); they worry about Greek debt, the IMF and the bondholders ( whatever they might be); in their fashion, they mourn the deaths of Whitney Houston, Donna Summer, Davy Jones and Robin Gibb; and they ask each other the really important questions like ‘Would you ever let yourself be digitally enhanced?’ Inspired by a year’s worth of news, Two Pints distils the essence of Roddy Doyle’s comic genius. This book shares the concision of a collection of poems, and the timing of a virtuoso comedian.

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When the mighty Thorne pricks the heart of the Frozen, the end will be set in motion... Sick of the unwelcome attention that comes with being a member of an extremely powerful family, Piper Thorne longs to escape her magical burden and live a mortal's simple existence. On a whim, she adopts an alias and jets off to Ireland, where she stumbles into the path of the enticing rogue, Cian O'Malley. But she's ill-prepared to deal with the onslaught of emotions his wicked grin stirs up when he oh-so-casually turns up the charm. A hardened, down-on-his-luck warlock, Cian O'Malley is determined to change his family's plight and restore their stolen magic. In the midst of his half-baked plan to woo the bewitching Piper, he finds himself in a death match with an old enemy who's carrying a monumental grudge. Before long, Cian discovers Piper might just hold the key to reversing a two-hundred-and-fifty-year-old curse. He only has to keep them both alive long enough to solve the riddle written in the O'Malleys' ancient grimoire and convince Piper to trust him with her heart.

John Cole is one of the most loved of all British TV personalities, as the bestselling sales in hardback and paperback of his autobiography proved. It has long been his ambition to write fiction ¿ this is the result. It is the story of Alan Houston, a journalist whose life ¿ and marriage ¿ is wrecked by the sectarian conflict that flared anew in the northern Ireland of the 1970s. Flattered into becoming an adviser to the British government in Northern Ireland he lets the role go to his head. Absorbed by his new job, he neglects his wife, and puts his sons at risk as he courts the innermost circles of the IRA.