Published: First Print, 2000; Third
Print 2002
ISBN: 978-1-901176-19-3 (1-901176-19-3)
Pages: 235
Cover: soft
Price: €12.60 OUT OF PRINT
When Saoirse loses her
boyfriend, her job and her apartment she leaves Dublin to
get away from it all in a remote part of West Kerry, far from
the crazy world of the city. There she sets about making a
new life for herself ... but instead of contentment she finds
dark secrets when she begins to track down a murderer.
This is a book full of Ní
Dhuibhne's sharp view of a world of trendy, arty capitalism;
Saoirse's Dublin life is one of brand-names and approved viewpoints:
"Tá an pictiúr sin (dhá spota dhearga
ar an chúlra gorm) wonderful!" "Tá
an lón wonderful!" ... Dúnmharú
sa Daingean should find its readers among the lovers of Irish
... The narrative is a quirky combination of storytelling
and a meditative examination of the interface between the
old and the new Irelands, the artist and the arts, the secret
millionaires beside the turf-fires, and the possibity of romance.
Books Ireland - November 2000
For other reviews and to read
an extract from the book go to the Irish version of this page.
