Empty Planet by Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson humour Julian Gough’s latest novel provides

Julian Gough’s latest novel provides a welcome antidote to the “hyper-literary” flavour of much contemporary Irish writing

we would do well to talk less and understand more

with 25 short chapters

show you how to stock up on the basics

Empty Planet by Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson humour Julian Gough’s latest novel providesA fascinating study . . . written with energy' Sunday Times'Riveting and vitally important' Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment NowEmpty Planet offers a radical, provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political and economic landscape. For half a century, statisticians, pundits and