DCU Book Club with John Patrick McHugh

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Fun and Games by John Patrick McHugh is DCU Book Club's featured book in November 2025. John Patrick joins us as special guest for an 'in conversation with' event. Book in November – Fun and Games by John Patrick McHughSet in the small towns and suburbs of the west of Ireland, Fun and Games is a razor-sharp debut that captures the charged inner lives of young men navigating desire, friendship, shame, and cruelty. With language that is lyrical, visceral, and emotionally unflinching, McHugh’s stories probe the often unspoken tensions of masculinity and belonging. At once tender and brutal, this is a striking collection from a writer attuned to the fractures beneath the surface of everyday life.About the AuthorJohn Patrick McHugh is the author of Fun and Games and the novel After Me Comes the Flood. His fiction has appeared in Granta, The Stinging Fly, BOMB, and Winter Papers. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, he is from Galway and continues to write fiction and essays. Fun and Games was longlisted for the Edge Hill Prize and marks him as one of the most compelling new voices in Irish literature.-To be kept in the loop, and to receive information on our upcoming events, and news stories, please sign up to our mailing list here: https://www.dcu.ie/dcuartsandculture/arts-and-culture-mailing-list

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