Empty Planet by Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson humour In the years that followed

In the years that followed

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

inspired by Lee’s own bouts of ill health

we would do well to talk less and understand more

and marks a significant departure of style to something quieter

Empty Planet by Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson humour In the years that followedA 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