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Through the author’s eyes
while revealing the hitherto-unknown fate of ubiquitous informers enlisted by Dublin Castle
and appeal to all concerned with how competitive forces are squeezing the life out of their environment
author of The Official History of the IRA
Charlie Chaplin's Wishbone Shane Tivenan Through the author’s eyesThese twelve masterful short stories are by one of Irelands leading practitioners of the art (previous collections include Adventures in a Bathyscope, 1998, and Lipstick on the Host, 1992). Aidan Mathews is a writer worthy of Joyce, whose condensed language conveys learning, sophistication, true feeling and poignancy. The range of subject matter is conveyed in the story titles: Charlie Chaplins Wishbone, Access, Barber Surgeons, Waking a Jew, Cuba,