Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Date: May 12, 2015
From barnesandnoble.com: A dark and unexpected novel about a Dublin undertaker who finds himself on the wrong side of the Irish mob.
Paddy Buckley is a grieving
widower who has worked for years for Gallagher’s, a
long-established—some say the best—funeral home in Dublin. One night
driving home after an unexpected encounter with a client, Paddy hits a
pedestrian crossing the street. He pulls over and gets out of his car,
intending to do the right thing. As he bends over to help the man, he
recognizes him. It’s Donal Cullen, brother of one of the most notorious
mobsters in Dublin. And he’s dead.
Shocked and scared, Paddy jumps back in his car and drives away before anyone notices what’s happened.
The next morning, the Cullen
family calls Gallagher’s to oversee the funeral arrangements. Paddy, to
his dismay, is given the task of meeting with the grieving Vincent
Cullen, Dublin’s crime boss, and Cullen’s entourage. When events go
awry, Paddy is plunged into an unexpected eddy of intrigue, deceit, and
treachery.
By turns a thriller, a love story, and a black comedy of ill manners, The Last Four Days of Paddy Buckley is a surprising, compulsively readable debut novel.
Which book are you waiting for?
...Will you add this one to your list of must-reads?
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