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Doyle's great strengths are his humor, and his grasp of Dubin's street speak. Both are in great effect here. The book is a collection of eight short stories looking at how Ireland is getting used to the large and sudden influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe and Africa. While the language thril ... (continue)
Doyle's great strengths are his humor, and his grasp of Dubin's street speak. Both are in great effect here. The book is a collection of eight short stories looking at how Ireland is getting used to the large and sudden influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe and Africa. While the language thrills at times, the structure did not work for me at all. The stories are written in very short chapters, to be publishable in serialized version. That makes for a bits-and-pieces story-telling technique that never quite lets us get under the skin of any character. Great concept, disappointing execution.
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