A satirical novel of country life in Southern Ireland follows the adventures of Luke Diverali, a sophisticated, wealthy American, who takes a financial interest in rural Brulagh while traveling through the region. By the author of The Neon Madonna.
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From Publishers Weekly
In his sequel to The Neon Madonna , Irish writer Binchy attempts to build a comedy around an American developer's real-estate scheming in rural Ireland, but the humor falls flat. Vacationing abroad because bank examiners back home in the U.S. are breathing down his neck, Luke Divareli stops in Brulagh, a fictional Irish village under the misrule of an old Anglo-Irish family and a local politician named Mick Flannery. When he realizes that the breathtaking, totally undeveloped Brulagh landscape is just a short distance from Shannon Airport, Luke plans to build a hotel and marina there. He is opposed on the sly by Father Jerry O'Sullivan, a seemingly ordinary parish priest whose past as a Vatican Bank insider makes him keener about financial matters than he appears. The novel never breaks loose from a stale comic tone that combines the worst of J. P. Donleavy and the 19th-century Irish stories coauthored by Edith Somerville and Martin Ross. Binchy's patronizing manner extends to horse racing, fox hunting and Gaelic football, and the country-house scenes are neither funny nor believable.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Vacationing in the conveniently remote Irish village of Brulagh (visited in Binchy's previous novel, Neon Madonna , LJ 4/15/92), Luke Diverali decides that developing a golf resort will make a nice change from the shady banking shenanigans he's devised to make himself rich indeed. The locals find an impending flood of dollars very attractive and overlook his being a Yank. Soon they are warmly including Luke in their quaint customs, hard riding, heavy drinking, and devious scheming. Crafty though he is, Luke finds the Irish, from the gentry to the bog trotters, an unpredictable assortment. From hunt balls to whiskey stills, Binchy takes Luke and the reader to the heart of Erin in this warm and amusing mixture. Lots of wit, character, and charm here. Recommended.
- Ann Donovan, St. Peters burg Junior Coll. Lib., Fla.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Ann Donovan, St. Peters burg Junior Coll. Lib., Fla.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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