Race of Angels: Ireland and the Genesis of U2 (4th Estate/Blackstaff, 1994)
A study of the roots of U2’s music and inspiration in the culture, history and literature of their native country.
Jiving at the Crossroads (Blackstaff, 1991)
A novelistic memoir of the political life of Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s, which became a bestseller on its initial release and again on its 20th anniversary in 2011. This book won the Sunday Times Publisher of the Year Award for 1991 for Blackstaff Press.