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Forty-nine-year-old Mr Gilhooley is living two 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."
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Mr. Gilhooley, Liam O. Flaherty
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- Released
- 1997
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- Title
- Mr. Gilhooley
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Liam O. Flaherty
- Publisher
- Irish American Book Company
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0863276415
- ISBN13
- 9780863276415
- Series
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
- Description
- Forty-nine-year-old Mr Gilhooley is living two 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."