Paul Murray on writing the dreamers of a small Irish town
In an interview with En attendant Nadeau, the Irish novelist discusses his new book, which follows a Midlands town still marked by the 2008 financial crash.
The literary site En attendant Nadeau has published an interview with Irish writer Paul Murray tied to the French rentrée littéraire 2026, timed to the publication of his novel La piqûre d'abeille. According to the outlet, the book portrays the tragic everyday life of a small town in Ireland's Midlands and traces the lingering effects of the 2008 financial crash.
En attendant Nadeau describes the novel as lucid and highly poetic. In the interview, Murray sums up his approach to character with a phrase the site uses as its title: 'J'écris sur des rêveurs' — I write about dreamers.
No further detail on plot, characters or publisher is given in the material available, and none is supplied here.
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