© Albin Michel Littérature, 2003
A literary thriller with a heart, The Valparaiso Voyage blows the lid off the Celtic Tiger and looks at the corruption which spawned today's Ireland. It is the story of Brendan Brogan who grew up in the small town of Navan on the outskirts of Dublin. An unhappy childhood, spent searching for love and affection, leads to an unhappy adulthood, spent gambling and trying to hold a difficult marriage together. When circumstances offer Brogan a chance to fake his own death, he seizes the chance and runs away to Portugal where a new life beckons. But nobody can escape the past entirely, and when his father is found murdered, Brogan returns to Dublin.
Flamingo 2001
Translated into: French, German
Aisling Glynn
New Island Books
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