Is there some magic about Irish writers? Or am I nationalistic in a way I hadn’t realized? Think of John LeCarré, Colum McCann, Anne Enright, Frank McCourt, Iris Murdoch, John Banville, Naill Williams, Tana French and so many more—none have ever disappointed me, and all seem to know how to transport a reader to wherever their fertile minds decide to take us. Not only do they take us there, but they take us in style.…