Eilis From the Flats
Published on 12. December 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-62897-276-4 (ISBN)
Description
Eilis from the Flats is a hard-nosed but tender chronicle of flawed characters, bad choices, and contemporary Dublin life.
This Irish novel of scandal and substance abuse follows the exploits of Tommy Baker, a veteran journalist; James Tierney, a researcher at Empire Television; Jimmy Heffernan, a reformed north-side Dublin gangster and local hero, and Eilis Devanney, who lives in the Star of the Sea flats, in Jimmy's neighborhood. When Eilis writes a document for Tommy and James, revealing that Jimmy is in no way reformed, there is no going back. The truth will out.
This Irish novel of scandal and substance abuse follows the exploits of Tommy Baker, a veteran journalist; James Tierney, a researcher at Empire Television; Jimmy Heffernan, a reformed north-side Dublin gangster and local hero, and Eilis Devanney, who lives in the Star of the Sea flats, in Jimmy's neighborhood. When Eilis writes a document for Tommy and James, revealing that Jimmy is in no way reformed, there is no going back. The truth will out.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Normal, IL
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
428 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62897-276-4 (9781628972764)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Paul Larkin worked for five years in the Danish Merchant Navy before taking a degree in Scandinavian and Celtic Studies. Larkin then went on to train as a film director with the BBC. He had a long career in journalism and film/documentary-making before going back to work with Scandinavian languages and fiction in general as a translator, literary critic, and author.