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Brian Finnegan

Goodreads Author

Born

in Dublin, Ireland

Website

http://brianfinnegan.ie

Twitter

finneganba

Genre

Fiction, Contemporary, Gay and Lesbian

Influences

Armistead Maupin, Patrick Gale, Stephen McCauley, Joe Keenan

Member Since

April 2012

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I am the author of two novels, 'The Forced Redundancy Film Club' and 'Knowing Me Knowing You', which have been bestsellers in Ireland. The latter has just been translated into Norwegian, with other translations pending.

My third novel will be published by Hachette in June 2017.

By day I'm a magazine editor and newspaper columnist. ...more

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New Book Cover

These are designs by Pete Reddy, aka RedmanAKA, for my next book, out in June. My editor��thinks they’re a bit ‘Victorian’ looking, while the novel is set in contemporary Dublin. I really love them, though, especially the gold one!

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Brian Finnegan’s books

Average rating: 3.62 · 224 ratings · 49 reviews · 6 distinct works

	The Forced Redundancy Film Club 3.58 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If I Could Hold You Again: A true story about the devastating consequences of bullying and how one mother's grief led her on a mission by Collette Wolfe, Brian Finnegan (Goodreads Author) (With) 4.31 avg rating — 62 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knowing Me, Knowing You 3.72 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quare Fellas: New Irish Gay Writing by Brian Finnegan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eamon Somers (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Keith Ridgway (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Owns Marriage?: A Conversation About Religion, Government, Marriage and a Civil Society by Nick Park (Goodreads Author), Patrick Mitchel, Michael Nugent 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Different Life by Steve Byrne (Composer), Emily Smith (Producer), Paul Jennings (Performer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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