New Releases by Kevin Power

From the highly acclaimed author of Bad Day in Blackrock - inspiration for the 2012 award-winning film What Richard Did, directed by Lenny Abrahamson... ? Shortlisted for the 2021 An Post Irish Book Awards Eason Novel of the Year... A darkly funny, gripping and profoundly moving novel about a life spinning out of control, a life live without the bedrock of familial love, and the corruption of material wealth that tears at the soul. ''''It was my father''''s arrest that brought me here, although you could certainly say that I took the scenic route.'''' Here is rehab, where Ben - the only son of a rich South Dublin banker - is piecing together the shattered remains of his life. Abruptly cut off, at the age of 27, from a life of heedless privilege, Ben flounders through a world of drugs and dead-end jobs, his self-esteem at rock bottom. Even his once-adoring girlfriend, Clio, is at the end of her tether. Then Ben runs into an old school friend who wants to cut him in on a scam: a shady property deal in the Balkans. The deal will make Ben rich and, at one fell swoop, will deliver him from all his troubles: his addictions, his father''''s very public disgrace, and his own self-loathing and regret. Problems solved. But something is amiss. For one thing, the Serbian partners don''''t exactly look like fools. (In fact they look like gangsters.) And, for another, Ben is being followed everywhere he goes. Someone is being taken for a ride. But who? Praise for White City: ''''I can''''t recommend it enough. It''''s often hilariously funny but it''''s also a sharp and smart dissection of contemporary materialism'''' John Boyne, author of The Heart''''s Invisible Furies ''''An immensely enjoyable and tautly written account of a young man from an affluent family whose life of privilege is turned upside down'''' Sunday Times ''''Spiky, blackly funny novel that offers an incisive study on class, entitlement and masculinity'''' Independent ''''Capacious and comic, luxuriantly written, with an intricate plot and heightened characterisation... both riotous rant and thoughtful coming-of-age tale'''' Dublin Review of Books ''''Outstanding second novel... A brilliantly entertaining novel that is profound in the most unexpected ways. Power is that rarity, a genuinely funny novelist... Yet all the more remarkable is Power''''s handling of tone: this novel moves effortlessly between humour and sincerity; it is steeped in empathy and raw anger'''' Literary Review ''''White City is likely to be the most solid, well-rounded novel to come out of Ireland this year... At once a pacy page-turner with a nerve-frazzling plot and a realistic and haunting tale of our interconnected world... White City is an all-round superb book that will stay with you long after the inevitable binge read'''' Irish Independent ''''White City synthesises familiar forms into a whole: the rogue''''s confession, the young man finding his way, the post-Celtic Tiger satire on puffed-up, self-perpetuating bullshit businesses... Power shows his own capacity for comic timing and pithy aperçus'''' Guardian '''' An extremely funny book... Kevin Power shows his chops as a proper heavyweight novelist. Unequivocally one of the most purely enjoyable books, in the classic-novel sense... a zinger on every page'''' Peter Murphy, Arena (RTE Radio 1) ''''[A] sprawling social satire of the sort we seldom see in Irish fiction... a tremendously zesty and zeitgeisty piece of writing'''' Sunday Times (Ireland) ''''[T]his dark caper evolves to ask searching moral questions... with its 11th-hour twist, this ambitious, attention-grabbing novel seems ripe for cinematic adaptation'''' Daily Mail ''''Kevin Power''''s Bad Day in Blackrock (2008) was one of the most memorable Irish novels of the new century... White City has passages of striking lyrical subtlety and the different storylines are managed with great dexterity. Much has changed in Ireland since Bad Day in Blackrock was published, but as Power''''s adept and absorbing new novel reminds us, much has not. White City demands to be read'''' Irish Times ''''A fast-paced and wickedly funny novel. Hugely entertaining. White City grabbed me from the opening pages and didn''''t let go'''' Danielle McLaughlin, author of The Art of Falling ''''Wild and beautiful, a whole addictive and breathlessly compelling world squeezed between these covers... A magnificent novel from a writer who is soaring to the most spectacular heights'''' Billy O''''Callaghan, author of Life Sentences ''''White City is a dark, hilarious and emotionally profound study of the toxic effects of greed and entitlement. Also, a story brilliantly and movingly told. Couldn''''t stop reading it. Will read it again'''' Ed O''''Loughlin, author of Not Untrue and Not Unkind ''''[A] biting page-turner... Power''''s writing is both strong and savage'''' John Walshe, The Business Post ''''''''Funny, and gorgeously written, and just relentlessly entertaining'''' Mark O''''Connell, author of Notes from an Apocalypse ''''This is part thriller but mostly a look at what it means to grow up... This novel is pleasing on so many levels, both intellectually & emotionally... You''''ll laugh, you''''ll cry... Read it, read it, read it'''' Claire Hennessy, author, editor & publisher at Banshee Press ''''The kind of novel that makes writers jealous and readers cancel all their plans to finish it. As a commentary on the classless contemporary upper class, it''''s cutting and hilarious; as a portrait of the artist as a young man waylaid by his membership in that class, it''''s profound, unpretentious, unapologetically intelligent, and, again, really hilarious'''' Lauren Oyler, author of Fake Accounts ''''White City is brilliant on the high-octane vacuity of Ireland''''s rentier class. Power''''s trademark shimmering prose counterpoints a driving narrative... Brilliant'''' Eoin McNamee, author of Resurrection Man and The Blue Tango

From the highly acclaimed author of Bad Day in Blackrock – inspiration for the 2012 award-winning film What Richard Did, directed by Lenny Abrahamson... ? Shortlisted for the 2021 An Post Irish Book Awards Eason Novel of the Year... A darkly funny, gripping and profoundly moving novel about a life spinning out of control, a life live without the bedrock of familial love, and the corruption of material wealth that tears at the soul. ‘It was my father’s arrest that brought me here, although you could certainly say that I took the scenic route.’ Here is rehab, where Ben – the only son of a rich South Dublin banker – is piecing together the shattered remains of his life. Abruptly cut off, at the age of 27, from a life of heedless privilege, Ben flounders through a world of drugs and dead-end jobs, his self-esteem at rock bottom. Even his once-adoring girlfriend, Clio, is at the end of her tether. Then Ben runs into an old school friend who wants to cut him in on a scam: a shady property deal in the Balkans. The deal will make Ben rich and, at one fell swoop, will deliver him from all his troubles: his addictions, his father’s very public disgrace, and his own self-loathing and regret. Problems solved. But something is amiss. For one thing, the Serbian partners don’t exactly look like fools. (In fact they look like gangsters.) And, for another, Ben is being followed everywhere he goes. Someone is being taken for a ride. But who? Praise for White City: ''I can''t recommend it enough'' John Boyne ''Immensely enjoyable and tautly written'' Sunday Times ''Spiky, blackly funny'' Independent ''Both riotous rant and thoughtful coming-of-age tale'' Dublin Review of Books ''Brilliantly entertaining'' Literary Review ''Likely to be the most solid, well-rounded novel to come out of Ireland this year'' Irish Independent ''This ambitious, attention-grabbing novel seems ripe for cinematic adaptation’ Daily Mail ‘Demands to be read’ Irish Times ''Power shows his own capacity for comic timing and pithy aperçus'' Guardian ''One of the most purely enjoyable books'' Peter Murphy, Arena (RTE Radio 1) ''A tremendously zesty and zeitgeisty piece of writing'' Sunday Times (Ireland) ‘Fast-paced and wickedly funny’ Danielle McLaughlin ''Magnificent'' Billy O''Callaghan ''Dark, hilarious and emotionally profound'' Ed O''Loughlin ''[A] biting page-turner'' Business Post ''Funny, and gorgeously written, and just relentlessly entertaining'' Mark O''Connell ''You''ll laugh, you''ll cry... Read it, read it, read it'' Claire Hennessy ''Profound, unpretentious, unapologetically intelligent, and really hilarious'' Lauren Oyler ''Brilliant'' Eoin McNamee

This study presents an investigation into the user requirements development process for the co-design between stakeholders of a personal healthcare record aimed at self-management of cognitive health. A case study methodology was used to investigate the co-design of the Innovative, Midlife Intervention for Dementia Deterrence (In-MINDD) tool which seeks to address cognitive health promotion in primary community health care systems. The purpose of this case study was to investigate clinical engagement processes as part of the user requirements elicitation process for a personal healthcare record aimed at health self-management. Interviews, focus groups and usability testing were conducted with identified key stakeholders including General Practitioners (GPs) and service users. The Normalization Process Theory (NPT) framework was employed for its focus on engagement to guide the research design and data analysis. The case study methodology and NPT process were found to be complimentary approaches in defining user requirements. User requirements were fit for purpose and aligned well to user experience specifications. Results indicated a greater demand for this type of intervention among potential service users as opposed to GPs. The most appropriate way to offer the In-MINDD tool is as a web based Personal Health Record updated by service users. The support environment was identified as lacking sufficient interactivity needing more personalisation and greater service user interaction. Future iterations of the In-MINDD tool should use a combination of personalized feedback and incorporate smart mobile technology to deliver feedback thus better supporting personal wellbeing. This study presents a novel contribution to the field of requirements development research by investigating the role of engagement processes to specifying user requirements for health software. The NPT framework has been applied in a new context and from an earlier stage then previously used. This research indicates that the NPT framework is shown to have further merit applied to user requirements development research.

Will Ahearne''s search for his true identity spans two lands; modern Ireland and its other-world counterpart, Eriu. In Eriu, his senile grandfather has a mysterious room, from which he gives Will a birthday gift which signals the end of his childhood and everything he has known. Plunged into a terrifying world of demons, witches, wild magic, and civil war, Will must deny all he knows and loves before fighting his inner and outer demons in his search for who he is.

Hungry Ghosts is set in the Irish village of Kilfian, where everyday life blends with the collective memories and mythology of an ancient land. Michael Flynn returns to the place of his birth to face a childhood tragedy and to rebuild the burnt-out ruin of his family home. To his horror, he discovers that the ghosts of the past are no mere metaphors.The building''s restoration unleashes the shades of a forgotten past upon Michael, his family, and the unsuspecting community. To save his daughter''s life, and prevent further bloodshed, Michael is forced to confront his family''s dark secrets which are entwined with those of the village and the wood on his land.

On a late August night a young man is kicked to death outside a Dublin nightclub and celebration turns to devastation. The reverberations of that event, its genesis and aftermath, is the subject of this extraordinary story, stripping away the veneer of a generation of Celtic cubs, whose social and sexual mores are chronicled and dissected in this tract for our times. The victim, Conor Harris, his killers - three of them are charged with manslaughter - and the trial judge share common childhoods and schooling in the privileged echelons of south Dublin suburbia. The intertwining of these lives leaves their afflicted families in moral free fall as public exposure merges with private anguish and imploded futures.

This anthology features 64 local Halifax-area writers published during 2010 in Open Heart Forgery, the free monthly literary journal."--Publisher.

**Inspiration for the 2012 award-winning film What Richard Did – from the author of White City, available for pre-order now** ''An excellent novel... It comes from the gut, it''s raw, it''s passionate'' John Boyne, author of The Boy in Striped Pyjamas On a late August night a young man is kicked to death outside a Dublin nightclub and celebration turns to devastation. The reverberations of that event, its genesis and aftermath, are the subject of this extraordinary story, stripping away the veneer of a generation of Celtic cubs, whose social and sexual mores are chronicled and dissected in this tract for our times. The victim, Conor Harris, his killers - three of them are charged with manslaughter - and the trial judge share common childhoods and schooling in the privileged echelons of south Dublin suburbia. The intertwining of these lives leaves their afflicted families in moral free fall as public exposure merges with private anguish and imploded futures. Praise for Kevin Power: ''Kevin Power is an author of magnificent control, stirring the deepest compassion with restless anger in this piercing contemporary novel'' Frank McGuinness ''This novel marks the debut of a deeply moral and probing writer - and a potentially great one'' Sunday Post (Ireland) ''White City is a dark, hilarious and emotionally profound study of the toxic effects of greed and entitlement. Also, a story brilliantly and movingly told. Couldn’t stop reading it. Will read it again'' Ed O''Loughlin, author of Not Untrue and Not Unkind and This Eden ''This is part thriller but mostly a look at what it means to grow up... full of ridiculously beautiful, polished, & often scathing sentences. This novel is pleasing on so many levels, both intellectually & emotionally... You''ll laugh, you''ll cry... Read it, read it, read it'' Claire Hennessy, author, editor & publisher at Banshee Press

Em 2004, um crime bárbaro chocou a Irlanda: Brian Murphy, de 18 anos, foi chutado até a morte por seus colegas na saída de uma boate em Dublin. A repercussão deste trágico acontecimento, sua origem e consequências serviram de inspiração para o romance Aconteceu em Blackrock , obra de estreia do irlandês Kevin Power. O que levaria jovens de uma classe abastada, com um futuro promissor, a cometer um crime tão brutal? O jovem escritor cria uma trama fascinante ao colocar em questão o que leva uma juventude privilegiada a um comportamento tão inadequado. À medida que descobre um pouco mais sobre o passado de Conor e seus colegas, o leitor começa a entender o que aconteceu na fatídica noite de agosto. Com a ajuda do narrador mais improvável, ele tem a chance de compreender o que se passa pelas cabeças daqueles que participaram da última noite de Conor e como suas vidas foram afetadas por aquele ato impensado. Com implacável precisão, Kevin Power constrói um retrato surpreendente e aterrador da juventude atual.

Catálogo de la exposición "Trasfábula" que tuvo lugar en la Sala de Exposiciones Hospedería Fonseca (Universidad de Salamanca) del 20 de febrero al 26 de abril de 2009. Comisario: Alberto Martín Expósito. Texto: Kevin Power. Obras: Miki Leal.

Introduction by Emily Cheng. Text by Kevin Power, Johnson Chang.

From B.A. to L.A, an exhibition catalogue of contemporary Argentinean art featuring Julio Grinblatt, Guillermo Iuso, Alfredo Prior, Juan Tessi, and the collective Mondongo. The exhibition, curated by Kevin Power, brings together five distinct voices working with poetics of the everyday. The works --marked by irony, a lightness of touch, intense perception, critical spirit, ambiguity, laughter, and stories that never reach a final reading--reveal moving, telling, and often vulnerable images of the self. The catalogue contains essays by Kevin Power, Eva Grinstein, and Argentinean poet, Fogwill. The essays are also translated to Spanish. The 60 page catalogue features 10 color and 6 black-and-white reproductions.

September 29 - October 23, 2004

Lasker se mueve en el ámbito de la abstracción teñida de contaminaciones figurativas, desarrollando un trabajo en el que coexisten opuestos: construcción y destrucción, fondo y figura, intuición y control, orden y caos, geometría y subjetividad, garabato y trama.