![]() ![]() Remember to comment in our Book reviews what your thoughts on this book are. ![]() Here are some discussion questions for your reading group. The result: a blackly comic crime story in the tradition of the Irish trickster tale, with a twisted plot, small-town secrets and a glimpse of an Ireland you’ve never seen before. It is, in turn, thrilling and gentle, anarchic and nostalgic, lyrical and violent. ![]() Himself is a simmering mixture – a blend of the natural and the supernatural, folklore and mystery, along with a good dose of Irish humour. Their investigation summons the wrath of Father Quinn and the Widow Farelly, provokes letter bombs and poisoned scones, and culminates in a riotous production of Synge’s greatest play. Together, this improbable duo concoct a slick plan to get the town talking, aided and abetted by a cast of eccentric characters (living and dead). When Mahony meets anarchist and ancient actress Mrs Cauley his identity is revealed, as is the extent of his mother’s unpopularity as a young unmarried mother. With the suggestion of foul play involved Mahony turns up to case the village but his familiar looks and outsider ways cause a stir amongst the locals, who receive him with a mixture of awe (the women) and suspicion (the pious). /rebates/2faudiobook2f3418253592fHimself&. Himself is a genre-bending crime story set in County Mayo in the 1970s.Ībandoned on the steps of an orphanage, Mahony, a lovable car thief and Dublin charmer, returns to the town of his birth after an anonymous message suggests that his mother was taken from him. ![]()
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