Killarney Blues by Colin O'sullivan
Picturesque Killarney might seem the perfect place to enjoy the rare gift of sun but the town has got the blues. Bernard Dunphy, eccentric jarvey and guitarist, is pining for his unrequited love and has to contend with an ailing mother and an ailing horse. His troubled friend Jack gets embroiled in a violent crime. A trio of girlfriends becomes entangled in the terrible webs of their own making. The novel fluctuates between darkness and light as the protagonists struggle with their inner demons. Can friendship, love and music save their sinking souls? Colin O'Sullivan writes with a style and a swagger all his own. His voice - unique, strong, startlingly expressive - both comes from and adds to Ireland's long and lovely literary lineage. Like many of that island's sons and daughters, O'Sullivan sends language out on a gleeful spree, exuberant, defiant, ever-ready for a party. Only a soul of stone could resist joining in. - Niall Griffiths
Colin O'Sullivan lives in the north of Japan with his family and works as an English teacher.
His short fiction and poetry have been published in various print and online anthologies and magazines, including A Living Word (anthology of Irish writers), Staple New Writing, The Stinging Fly, These are Our Lives and Cork Literary Review.
Colin O'Sullivan's first novel, Killarney Blues, captivated critics and readers alike and has been translated into French. Colin O'Sullivan writes with a style and a swagger all his own. His voice - unique, strong, startlingly expressive - both comes from and adds to Ireland's long and lovely literary lineage. Like many of that island's sons and daughters, O'Sullivan sends language out on a gleeful spree, exuberant, defiant, ever-ready for a party. Only a soul of stone could resist joining in. -Niall Griffiths, author of A Great Big Shining Star
His words swagger with purpose, never meandering too long on a scene, always moving the story forward, even when it goes back in time, like a faded photograph coming into view. Lyrical to a point, one word flowing to the next, hardly stopping. -LoveSexAndOtherDirtyWords.com
Marvellous novel, endearing, moving, fascinating. I adored it. O'Sullivan is a real writing talent. -Jean-Paul Gratias, literary translator
His short fiction and poetry have been published in various print and online anthologies and magazines, including A Living Word (anthology of Irish writers), Staple New Writing, The Stinging Fly, These are Our Lives and Cork Literary Review.
Colin O'Sullivan's first novel, Killarney Blues, captivated critics and readers alike and has been translated into French. Colin O'Sullivan writes with a style and a swagger all his own. His voice - unique, strong, startlingly expressive - both comes from and adds to Ireland's long and lovely literary lineage. Like many of that island's sons and daughters, O'Sullivan sends language out on a gleeful spree, exuberant, defiant, ever-ready for a party. Only a soul of stone could resist joining in. -Niall Griffiths, author of A Great Big Shining Star
His words swagger with purpose, never meandering too long on a scene, always moving the story forward, even when it goes back in time, like a faded photograph coming into view. Lyrical to a point, one word flowing to the next, hardly stopping. -LoveSexAndOtherDirtyWords.com
Marvellous novel, endearing, moving, fascinating. I adored it. O'Sullivan is a real writing talent. -Jean-Paul Gratias, literary translator
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| ISBN 13 | 9780992655242 |
| ISBN 10 | 0992655242 |
| Title | Killarney Blues |
| Author | Colin O'sullivan |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Betimes Books |
| Year published | 2013-12-20 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
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