Roger Boylan's first novel, Killoyle, established him as a brilliant successor to such Irish masters as Joyce, Beckett, and J. P. Donleavy. Now his new farce follows the hapless inhabitants of Killoyle, Ireland, through the frenetic week of the Pint-Pulling Olympiad. After local lush Mick McCreek gets into a car crash with a cross-dressing church sexton, he enlists a lawyer, Tom O'Mallet. As it turns out, the lawyer's real gig is selling missiles to the IRA, and he plans to use his clueless client as a patsy. O'Mallet also hoodwinks Anil, an Indian waiter who has found himself the unlikely target of a manhunt. What Tom doesn't know is that his lucrative weapons are destined for a massive terrorist attack on the Pint-Pulling Olympiad, and that Anil's sexy cousin Rashmi - a sweatshop worker turned intelligence operative - is hot on the bombers' trail. With a wink and a nudge, Boylan's pyrotechnic prose brings to life Ireland at its manic extremes, proving the author a dazzling and distinctive talent in American fiction.
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Roger Boylan Imprint: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 209mm,
Width: 139mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 566g ISBN:9780802140326 ISBN 10: 0802140327 Pages: 224 Publication Date:02 January 2004 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad: A Mostly Irish Farce
The hilarious follow-up to ""one of the most impressive novels written by an American in recent years""
