Brouhaha

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The razor-sharp, violent and darkly comic second novel from actor, comedian and writer Ardal OHanlon.
Dove Connolly is dead. Thats not good for anyone in Tullyanna, never mind Dove.

Now his best friend Sharkey is home asking awkward questions about Doves death, about the strange graphic novel he left behind, and, most of all, about Sandra. Sandra Mohan. Missing now for over a decade, whereabouts unknown.

This, however, is a town dead-set on keeping its secrets. And Sharkey is already drawing attention from all the wrong quarters

A mystery, a black comedy, a satire on Irelands tangled politics of memory, Brouhaha is set in a small town on the Irish border during the uneasy transition to peace. And peace doesnt come easy in these parts.

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Over the past few days, Kevin, no flies on him, had sensed a tension in the town thanks to Dove Connollys poor decision to blow his own head off. It wasnt just the act of self-harm itself, the pointless splattering of blood and bone and brain all over his bedroom wall, that was the issue, unsettling as that was. In so doing, poor Dove had spread panic amongst the townspeople, raising all sorts of ugly questions, reviving all sorts of rumours, and inviting all sorts of unwelcome attention upon them. In Kevins mind, there was method in Doves madness. Showing a shocking assertiveness for possibly the first time in his life, and the last, says you, Dove blew the lid off the whole town.

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Funny, tragic and deliciously readable, Brouhaha confirms Ardal OHanlon as a novelist of the first rank. Irish Times

Humane, clever, funny, gripping, complex, serious and surprising. Scotsman

Author Bio

Ardal O'Hanlon is an actor, comedian, writer, and documentary filmmaker. A star of several high-profile television series, including Death in Paradise, My Hero, and the BAFTA-winning Father Ted, he is also the author of the critically acclaimed novel Talk of the Town (1998). He lives in Dublin, Ireland.