Joseph O\'connor

Yeats is Dead!: a Mystery by 15 Irish Writers Joseph O\'connor

Jacket Description/Flap: Roddy Doyle, Conor McPherson, Gene Kerrigan, Gina Moxley, Marian Keyes, Anthony Cronin, Owen O'Neill, Hugo Hamilton, Joseph O'Connor, Tom Humphries, Pauline McLynn, Charlie O'Neill, Donal O'Kelly, Gerard Stembridge, and Frank McCourt Fifteen of Ireland's brightest and most entertaining authors came together to benefit Amnesty International-resulting in this raucous, raunchy, and diabolically entertaining mulligan stew of a novel. Yeats is Dead! is an elaborate mystery centered around the search for something more valuable and precious than anything else in Ireland-an unpublished manuscript by James Joyce. A madcap chase ensues, spiced with the shenanigans of a spectacular array of characters: a sadistic sergeant with the unlikely name of Andy Andrews; a urinal paddy salesman; and the unforgettable Mrs. Bloom, a woman "who had tried everything but drew the line at honesty." Gratuitously violent and completely hilarious, Yeats is Dead! is an out-of-control tale of lust and literature that packs big laughs and an even bigger body count. Review Quotes: "A great romp of a read." -John Banville "Hilarious. . . . Filled with sharp vignettes amid the bedlam." -"Washington Post""If you've ever wondered, as I have, just how much fun fifteen Irishmen can have while sober, "Yeats Is Dead!" provides the answer." -Richard Russo, author of "Empire Falls"Review Quotes: "A great romp of a read." -John Banville"Hilarious. . . . Filled with sharp vignettes amid the bedlam." -"Washington Post""If you've ever wondered, as I have, just how much fun fifteen Irishmen can have while sober, "Yeats Is Dead!" provides the answer." -Richard Russo, author of "Empire Falls"

Contributor Bio:  O'Connor, Joseph Joseph O'Connor is the author of several widely acclaimed novels, including Cowboys & Indians, Desperadoes, and The Salesman. He has also written criticism, plays, and screenplays, and edited Yeats Is Dead! He lives in Dublin.