Welcome to the Michael Murphy Website

This is the homepage of Michael Murphy, author of At Five in the Afternoon. I hope you will enjoy exploring this site where you can read an extract from my book, learn more about me, find out what the media and the public are saying about the book and keep up to date on news and events taking place.

If you have any comments about the book I would love to hear from you. Please visit the contact page where you will find details on how you can get in touch.

Michael Murphy

At five in the afternoon

“At Five in the Afternoon is] a beautiful, layered work about the importance of saying, about putting the world of the imagination into words that are true. The welcome home in [Michael’s] book is for all whose lives have been touched by the many forms of cancer. It is a true house of the gathering, where the strands and themes of his narrative congregate to offer hope and a way forward out of the darkness that surrounds.”

Mary Robinson first woman President of Ireland and former United Nations High commissioner for Human Rights, currently President of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative

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Michael was interviewed on TV3 Midweek with Colette Fitzpatrick on Wednesday 28 October 2009.
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Michael was interviewed on the Late Late show on RTE One on Friday 11th September 2009.
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