A Man With One of Those Faces (The Dublin Trilogy)

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Detective Sergeant Bunny McGarry...not crooked but very bent, with his own set of rules and unusual tactics...believe me, you've never come across a character like him before. He’d never told this to anyone, what would be the point? He knew what they’d say and he knew he couldn’t change it if he tried. Deep down, he didn’t want to. Somebody should care, somebody should always care. Caimh is massively proud to be ‘The Voice of London Irish’. Currently in his tenth season as a key part of the London Irish rugby club match day experience, he acts as the announcer in the Madjeski stadium in Reading, as well as conducting player interviews and writing for the programme. He was recently delighted to referred to as ‘Appallingly Partisan’ by the Rugby Paper, who seemed to be under the mistaken impression that he is sent in by the UN to seek a peaceful resolution to the match.

It is not often that I immediately decide to buy a book based on a single review, but after (I believe it was) Magdalena's review for the second book of the series, I couldn't resist. It just sounded like the thing I would most definitely like, and I did. In the meantime, he was dotting the ‘I’s and crossing the ‘T’s, waiting for the S and the H to show up.” As far as I’m concerned, there is a need for panic. In fact, it was for situations exactly like this, that panic was invented.” Brigit was a breath of fresh air. An eager-to-help unapologetic nerd and she wields it as her arsenal in ensnaring you into her wiles. She is magnetic. And you're pulled in- albeit reluctantly. I did not like Brigit at first. But Paul changed his mind about her too. Kissing her in a tender moment that left me with mixed feelings. But I get why Paul would see her differently after such an episode of chaos.Thanks very much. I'm trying to eat bran for breakfast these days so I am assuming that means I'll live forever. I'll be pissed if it doesn't! …more Hi Mark, The writing is full of witty one-liners, humorous observations and colourful characters. The action is well paced, clearly plotted and exciting. Part of the charm was the liberal use of Irish slang, though I often felt ignorant when the author spoke of different accents, or cultural references to Leitrim etc. I think the average age of the characters in the book hovered in the late 50's, as many of the main characters were quite aged, and no less interesting for that. A detective? Not bad. Irish? Even better, we love about Ireland. The beginning foreshadowed that it would be interesting: the guy volunteers in a nursing home and hospice, pays visits to the elderly, carefully recording the time of stay in the log. Are you sure she isn’t?” “Oh believe me, I’ve asked.” “Well,” said Paul, looking at the time on his phone, “I make that three hours and seven minutes, so if you could just sign my note…”

This book was charming. Delightful. And makes me wanna visit Dublin. Also look out for a man named Bunny- the cop in the blurb with a propensity for violence. If not for anything but for what whiskey can do to his bowels. Good tip,” said Paul. “Just so I know, where is a good place to get shot?” He’d not yet realised that Dr Sinha was not at home to sarcasm. Four stars because I had just read two nonfiction books and was looking for something fun. And I certainly found it! It took a brief minute for me to settle into the Irish accents on the audio, then I was having the fun promised me by one of my goodreads friends. Dessau, Bruce (5 July 2022). "Caimh (C.K.) McDonnell Shortlisted For Book Award". Beyond The Joke . Retrieved 20 March 2023. When the nurse asks him to visit another lonely dying old man, the young man is going to refuse, but she offers to give him a lift home in her car after, giving him the opportunity to save forty euros on the bus. Paul, you see, lives on five hundred euros a month, which is a pittance even in poor Ireland. There are reasons for this and we will find out soon enough, but for now the old man, taking the visitor for the son of his friend (did you forget about the feature?) accepted... strangle him.

Well….a lot actually. By the time the dust settles Paul is in the local A&E, a hitman has been hired to kill him and the Gardai have a few questions about the body he left behind. AND…….. PHEW……. It’s a grand start, the man with one of those faces is straight into it’s patter, the main character is a dry individual & one I immediately took to with his sarcastic humour & observations of life. Very funny is Paul from the off….. or is that his real name? A masterclass… The prose and narrative is spot on. The characters inhabiting this hilarious, yet gripping story are just wonderful.” *****– Strange Alliances. (see full review here)

Her mam had often said that Brigit’s problem was she thought she was too good for an ordinary life, but she didn’t think that was fair. Brigit just felt that an ordinary life wasn’t good enough for anybody. It felt like she had been born in the safest and most boring time in human history. Everywhere the world had been discovered. Even outer space, it seemed, was full of, well just boring old space. There had to be more. There had to be some adventure, some magic, left in the world. Brigit, for her part, was fighting off a rather heavy dose of the anti-climaxes. All those Scottish crime novels, containing more dead bodies than Scotland actually had living people, had left her with high expectations of the criminal justice system. Paul Mulchrone was finishing up his weekly visit to the hospice, doing his granny-whispering routine to the forgetful, when Nurse Brigit wonders if he could see one more patient–a man dying of lung cancer who hasn’t had a single visitor in the three weeks he’s been there. Brigit’s still a little confused as to how everyone seems to think they know Paul.He has such a facial feature — a completely expressionless appearance, behind which old people see who is their grandson, who is their son, who is the niece's boyfriend. He is obviously not rich and it is not entirely clear why he spends his young life on an occupation that does not bring income. That is, it is clear. when at the call of the heart, but in this case they do not record the time of arrival and departure. Side characters were really well done. Although Paul and Brigit are the main characters, there are a number of side ones that pop in and out of the plot. Dr. Sinha rapidly became my favorite guest appearance: Book Review: The Day That Never Comes". The Quiet Knitterer. 27 January 2017 . Retrieved 29 November 2018.