With four Nobel Laureates and six Booker prize winners, Ireland punches far above its weight when it comes to literary achievements. President Joe Biden, who’s fond of quoting Seamus Heaney, says the best poets come from Ireland. And it’s not just about the poets. In the last decade, the country has produced some of the world’s best-selling novels. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry sets out to find out why.
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