Paul Murray

Skippy Dies is Paul Murray’s second novel. At Seabrook College Skippy and his classmates share the same dreams and disappointments as all Irish adolescents who lived through the era of the Celtic Tiger. As the traditional Hallowe’en ball approaches, they anticipate at last meeting the girls from St Brigid’s. This outstanding novel was short-listed for both the Man Booker Prize and the Costa Novel Award in 2010.

The Paris-based cultural institutions celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Festival des cultures d’Europe 9-14 May. Many events will take place throughout Paris – readings, concerts, workshops – and the CCI also jointly presents an evening of "L’Europe en fanfare" with the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles on 13 May at 20.00 (tel 01 53 01 96 96/ www.cwb.fr).