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

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There’s also Bunny – an absolute hoot of a Detective Sergeant who reminds me of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes’ Gene Hunt: drinking, swearing, lets his fists (or hurley – a hockey stick of sorts) do the talking, yet wise and extremely loyal to the few he cares about. If you're a Librarian and want to process requests, please refer to our Librarian Manual to ensure edits are performed in line with Goodreads policies.

his every facial attribute was a masterpiece of bloody-minded originality, an aesthetic tribute to the forgettably average.Previously, his debut novel 'A Man With One of Those Faces' was nominated for best novel at the 2017 CAP awards. We are also introduced to Bunny McGarry a larger than life, renegade detective whose unpleasant habits, heavy drinking and ultra violent ways, married to his righteous sense of right and wrong, make him a shambolic and down at heel Jack Reacher type figure. To be honest, for me was it not the laugh-out-loud experience that other people said it was, but I did smirk from time to time, and I truly enjoyed reading it. And then we have Detective Inspector Jimmy Stewart is just about to retire and he’s showing the ropes to and simultaneously trying to increase Detective Wilson’s film knowledge, to no avail.

I spend my days mostly surrounded by people who are, to put it in terms you’d understand, waiting for the very last train to Clarkesville. A Man with One of Those Faces tells the story of what happens to Paul Mulchrone when a simple case of mistaken identity leads him into a complicated web of intrigue in which people keep tryi.When they were kids Barry Dodds had told him that when he knocked his granda’s body over at the wake, it was like being buried under a dozen frozen turkeys. 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 Man With One of Those Faces is the first book in Caimh McDonnell’s Dublin Trilogy, which melds fast-paced action with a distinctly Irish acerbic wit. 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. It was surprising how long you could go around a modern medical facility without actually seeing blood.

Before you knew it, unusual became awkward, and then it was just a hop, skip and a dodgy chain of evidence to awkward becoming complicated. This makes him perfect for the elderly patients such as ones with dementia who often believe he is a family member or friend. Limerick author and comedian Caimh McDonnell, aka CK McDonnell, on his new supernatural novel The Stranger Times". One day when visiting a fierce old man, there is a bizarre, violent incident and some dangerous information is let loose.