Book Launch: Undernose Farm Revisited by Harry Crosbie

The Lilliput Press cordially invites you to the launch of Undernose Farm Revisited by Harry Crosbie.

At: Cafe Bar H, 1 Grand Canal Sq., D02 TP60

On: Tuesday 27 September 2022 from 6–7.30pm

With Guest Speaker John Banville and Master of Ceremonies Joe Duffy.

Tickets are free to book but limited places are available so please be sure to book your ticket in advance and bring a copy of your confirmation on the evening!

Copies of Undernose Farm Revisited by Harry Crosbie will be on sale during the event.

ABOUT UNDERNOSE FARM REVISITED

In this expanded edition of his original privately published book of twelve stories from December 2020, Crosbie adds a further sixteen tales of the Dublin of his youth. Begun during lockdown, Harry harvested his formidable memory and imagination to recreate city life during the early 1960s, told through tales of the Dublin and Dubliners who peopled his hard-scrabble world.

John Banville wrote of the original volume, ‘These wonderfully direct and vivid tales catch the essence of Dublin life half a century ago. They are by turns rambunctious and touching, clear-eyed and accepting, warm though never sentimental, and frequently hilarious.’

Richard Ford compared his work to the writings of Mark Twain, Ring Lardner and Nelson Algren.

These fresh sparkling stories are propelled by character, ambition, need and greed, suffused by humanity and wit. They are peopled by family, down-at-heel aristocrats, antique dealers and auctioneers, the river and streetlife of pre-Celtic Tiger Dublin, its pubs and cafes, homes and institutions. Warm as coddle on a winter’s night.

Each tale is nuanced, spare and perfectly pitched. Part chamber music, part ballad and folktale, Undernose Farm Revisited bears the stamp of literature in the making.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Harry Crosbie OBE is best known as the developer who transformed Dublin and its music scene during the late 1980s and 1990s with the Point and Bord Gáis theatres, Vicar Street and the docklands. Here he discovers a voice that will leave an equal mark on cultural memory.

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