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    By Patrick McGinley

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    A rediscovered classic of Irish literature, this darkly comic tale tells of murder and its consequences.

    Set in a remote village in the northwest of Ireland, Roarty, a publican and former priest, kills his lecherous bartender and buries him in a bog. When Roarty begins to receive blackmail letters, matters quickly spiral out of his control.

    Alive with the loquacious brio of his pub's eccentric regulars, and full of the bleak beauty of the Donegal landscape, Patrick McGinley's rural gothic novel is a modern masterpiece.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherApollo
    Release dateAug 10, 2017
    ISBN9781786696601
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    Patrick McGinley

    Patrick McGinley (b 1937) is an Irish novelist, born in Glencolumbkille, Ireland. After teaching in Ireland, McGinley moved to England where he pursued a career as a publisher and author. Among his strongest literary influences is his Irish predecessor, author Flann O'Brien, who McGinley emulates most noticeably in his novel The Devil's Diary.

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    • 3/5
      Patrick McGinley has written a story set in Donegal that tugs at the heart. It is the characters and the dialogue that do the tugging. There is a soaring sense of location. It's a beautiful, peculiar piece of Ireland. The plot, however, is difficult as it bumps down a Dostoyevsky-like road. I read it to page 79 and had to set it aside. I tried again and made it to page 115. I peeked at the ending and was surprised so perhaps the plot deserves more praise than I can give.
    • 3/5
      Barman Eales may have toyed with the affections (and physical contact) of Roarty's daughter. In a moment of anger, Roarty conks Eales with a volume of the Encyclopedia Britannica and kills him on the spot. After careful consideration, Roarty buries the body out in the middle of a bog. Everything should be fine, right? But wait, letters begin arriving demanding payment to a bank account or all will be told, signed "Bogmailer". Thus begins the tale of a small town in Ireland and the patrons of a pub. At time humorous, at other serious this tale frequently requires the use of a dictionary to capture the full flavor.
    • 4/5
      Wonderful Irish setting. Suspense surrounded by the sea, bogs, and murder.