Below is the complete selection of titles by JCBarry.
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Stranger in the Night
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Blurb:
"He had heard of the Ireland of a thousand welcomes. He hadn’t come for that."
Jean Deveaux is a French interpreter living a solitary life in Dublin. Through his work, he meets people living on the edge of Irish society.
He feels like he's drifting — until Veo, an old Roma associate, shows up on his doorstep asking for help: a favour once owed.. Reluctantly, Jean is drawn into a hidden world — a darker Dublin, pulsing beneath the surface — one that pulls him closer to the edge.
Veo’s niece, Maria, has vanished while begging on the streets. The police have done little. No interpreter was provided and Jean is the family’s only hope of speaking to the detective in charge — their only hope of finding Maria, and of saving her life.
Jean never asked for this. But he's drawn in — by a grieving family, the haunting beauty of the missing girl, and a guilt he can no longer outrun.
"He wanted to run from this place. He wanted to go home. Wherever that was."
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How to Build an Alcoholic - the Irish and Drink
How to Build an Alcoholic
''The Happy Drinker. The Sad Clown. You’ll meet them all down the pub...''
This is a raw and reflective deep-dive into Ireland’s complex relationship with alcohol — from the buzz of the local to the darker consequences of cultural conditioning. It begins with a simple attempt to cut back, and unfolds into a larger reckoning with identity, memory, and belief.
Along the way, it confronts the cultural myths that have normalized — even romanticized — alcohol across generations, questioning the codes of silence in Irish society — unwritten rules that kept emotions, taboos, and trauma unspoken, as alcohol became the main outlet.
With the help of CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), the book unpacks the faulty thinking passed down from an '80s childhood in a drink-soaked society.
From pub archetypes to intergenerational trauma, it explores how alcohol became woven into Irish identity — and how we can begin to unpick it and break free. Includes an alcohol audit questionnaire and tools for reflection.
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