Requiem for a City - Bog af Anthony Hartnett - Paperback
Former ombudsman, Emily O Reilly, characterised contemporary Ireland in terms of a ''vulgar fest'' of ''rampant, unrestrained drunkenness'' and ''brutal, random violence''. Requiem for a City is a sometimes outrageous and sometimes hilarious take on such an Ireland, seen through the antics of some bright, but very non-pc rakes. These ruthless libertines carouse in the pubs of parochial Cork, Ireland''s second city, where they encounter an array of trogs and lowlifes redolent of medieval times. Occasionally,..
