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'The Black Soul overwhelms one like a storm.. Nothing like it has been written by any Irish writer.' The Irish Statesman ... Read more

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Searing account of love and pain
Absolutely one of the best novels ever to come out of Ireland. A love story involving three people, O'Flaherty's story is as wild as the Atlantic waves, as scorching as a baker's oven, as compassionate as a cow with her calf.

No one has ever written about the personal and social ramifications of adultery so feelingly. ... Read more

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great book about moralty
this is a great book that deals with a man who plots to kill a man to start a revolution in ireland and finds a conscience in the end.a must read. O'Flaherty is the man, i don't read much but i love his books. ... Read more

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Forty-nine-year-old Mr Gilhooley is living two lives: the one drinking in the pubs of Dublin, the other desperate and lonely, longing for love. A chance encounter with the innocent and yet destructive Nelly starts a chain of compelling, dark and menacing events.

This is the underworld of 1920's Dublin. Death, violence, sex, religion and love entwine and weave paths in this visually rich and passionate tragic-comedy.

Mr Gilhooley rivalled the fame of Joyce's Ulysses when it was first published, and was reviewed by W.B. Yeats as "a great novel." ... Read more

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Long-term memory says it was brilliant
I read this 4 years ago, when touring Ireland (when abroad, i always get a random book by a local author), and it's the best pot-luck book purchase i've ever made. Humour, compassion, and all the things that left me with a strong impression of a great book, this long afer. On the strngth of it, i'm buying up all his titles. ... Read more

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A collection of nearly 60 short stories which are intended to evoke Irish life. The author has also written "The Informer". ... Read more