Portobello Notebook

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These stories are set in Portobello, on the edge of Dublin city, just inside the canal. Its characters are like that - on the edge of life: Michael, the country boy who drowns himself; Harry, the old Jewish dealer living alone; Liam, the simple emigrant returning on a visit. Through their eyes, we follow the author's progress. Old friends are met, in loss or renewal, making or trying to make fresh starts, or looking back through the glass of time. Disappointment, happiness and uncertainty lead to the realisation that this place has become what the author always thought was elsewhere - his home. Written over the past thirty years, together they form a greater story - that of one man's life in one place.