Joe O'Connor appeared on Ireland: AM yesterday morning to talk about his latest novel GHOST LIGHT. To see the full interview, please click here.

Published on 3 June by Harvill Secker, GHOST LIGHT tells the story of the doomed love affair between the controversial playwright J M Synge and his lover, the actress Molly Allgood as remembered in heartbreaking detail by Molly, now old, poor and barely ekeing out a living in 1950's London.

Praise for GHOST LIGHT:
'As I read GHOST LIGHT, I found myself going more and more slowly, because I didn't want to miss a single sentence. I found myself calling friends and reading passages aloud to them over the phone. This is a rare experience indeed. It is a rare and wonderful book.' -- Michael Cunningham, author of THE HOURS

'It's always a tremendous thing when the old ghosts climb the walls of history and come alive in the sidestreets of fiction. Open the alleyways to Molly Allgood: the smart sassy sweetheart of J.M Synge who whispers a 20th century tale in our ears. This is a great ambitious novel about love, loss, lamentation. Joseph O'Connor has the magic touch, he brings whole eras alive with a touch of his cycloramic pen. I can't imagine many better - or braver - novels coming out this year.' -- Colum McCann (Winner of the National Book Award, 2009)