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The Gospel According to Blindboy (Paperback)
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The Gospel According to Blindboy (Paperback)
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List price R336
Loot Price R274
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You Save R62 (18%)
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Sunday Business Post Book of the Year Blindboy Boatclub is one half
of the Rubberbandits, Ireland's foremost satirist and now the
talented author of a collection of brilliant short stories and
visual art. Published to critical acclaim, his first collection is
powered by big themes and even bigger ideas. There are stories
about a van fuelled by Cork people's accents, Tipperary's first
ISIS recruit, a sexually aggressive banshee and a fridge dragged
heroically through the streets of Limerick. The Gospel According to
Blindboy questions and challenges the complacencies and
contradictions at the heart of modern Ireland. Whip-smart,
provocative and animated by his unmistakable dark wit, it is one of
the most original collections of short stories to emerge in recent
years. 'Mad, wild, hysterical, and all completely under the
writer's control - this is a brilliant debut.' Kevin Barry 'There
is genius in this book, warped genius. Like you'd expect from a man
who for his day job wears a plastic bag on his head but something
beyond that too. Oddly in keeping with the tradition of great Irish
writers.' Russell Brand 'If you've ever witnessed (there's no other
word for it) a Rubberbandits video you'll be anxious (there's no
other word for it) to read this collection of short stories from
one of the originators. I hesitate to use the word author as the
experience is as close to reading a traditional short story as
being burnt by a blow torch. Essential, funny and disturbing.'
Danny Boyle 'One of Ireland's finest and most intelligent comic
minds delivers stories so blisteringly funny and sharp your fingers
might bleed. In language so delicious you can taste it, we're shown
holy and unholy Ireland: a land of lock-ins, nettle stings,
stone-mad Cork birds, gas cunts and Guiney's jeans. No one is safe
- we all have the unmerciful piss ripped out of us and there's no
escape from the emotional gut punches, expertly dealt.' Tara Flynn
'Demented, dishevelled and deeply surreal - Blindboy Boatclub's
book will shock and delight.' Irish Independent 'It's not for the
faint-hearted.' Joe.ie 'You won't be disappointed. It will take you
to places unexpected.' Ryan Tubridy
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