All reviews are written independently by our editorial team. Irish novelist Niall Williams is the best-selling author of "Four Letters of Love," "History of the Rain," and "This Is Happiness." ...

The Irish novelist and playwright chooses his five favourite books. His latest novel, "Time of the Child", is out now. Seamus ...

To use a word that appears often in the novel, “Time of the Child” is a miracle. Niall Williams’ gorgeous, wry and humane ...

Hamilton Cain is a book critic and the author of “This Boy’s Faith: Notes From a Southern Baptist Upbringing.” He lives in Brooklyn. By Niall Williams Bloomsbury. 304 pp. $28.99 ...

The first chapter of “This is Happiness,” the new novel from Irish writer Niall Williams, is a single line: “It had stopped raining.” The significance of the moment is underscored even before we learn ...

The Irish author returns to the setting of his acclaimed novel ‘This Is Happiness’, for an exalted mystery of a baby abandoned at Christmas Here is the opening line of Niall Williams’ new novel: “This ...