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Tim MacGabhann
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Forget the guide book: Immerse yourself in these location-based novels
From Elena Ferrante in Italy to Hervé Le Tellier in France and Orhan Pamuk in Turkey, enrich your travelling experience with works immersed in your chosen setting
Tim MacGabhann: ‘I had a fairly mad recurrence of withdrawal symptoms’
Author talks about his new memoir of addiction and recovery, and the best writing advice he’s heard
The Black Pool: A memoir of forgetting - A new high in inebriated escape
This addiction and recovery memoir is a masterpiece in making the reader feel out of it
Call Him Mine: Dial M for murderous prose
Review: Tim MacGabhann’s debut is billed as a literary crime novel but lacks killer writing
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