Michael Noctor: 5 books

Jimmy Daly refuses point blank to put his da into a home, despite coming under pressure from others to do so. Me Arse tells the story of the relationship between father and son, a son who combines his fondness for sex, drugs and rock and roll with undying love and care for his stroke victim da.This tale is sometimes sad, sometimes hilarious and always entertaining.

We've only just begun follows Paddy Wilson's journey, as his obsession with Karen Carpenter begins to take control of his day to day life. What begins as an interest soon develops into obsession followed by psychosis. It's a comic adventure that builds to an exciting and excruciating climax.

Four Wheels and a Pillow is a very human story about living in inhuman conditions. A powerful novel giving an insight into life in modern day Ireland, a country where homeless people are dying on the streets.

Infelicitous tells the story of a man's return journey to a town in Spain he had visited thirty years earlier. It is a story about the ravages of time.

The Boy Within is a story of growing up in a suburb in Dublin, Ireland. It's a sometimes hilarious, sometimes sad and always entertaining account of life in a town called Tallaght.