He’s a 28 year old Dubliner dedicated to being a permanent thorn in the side of his dead great aunt’s lawyer (the aunt is dead, the lawyer is just irritated). The Goodreads Libra Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog.

All the characters are given rich stories and are well-developed, even down to Brigit’s ex-fiance who sports an alarmingly odd head of hair thanks to a recent hair transplant. The main protagonist Paul Muchrone volunteers at a hospice and is known as a 'Granny Whisperer' because he has a face that is not particularly memorable in fact it's plain ordinary hence the title of the novel. A Man with One of Those Faces tells the story of what happens to Paul Mulchrone when a simple case of mistaken identity leads him into a complicated web of intrigue in which people keep tryi.In fact, at first you don't understand why it's funny, like it's not supposed to be a detective, then you just give yourself into the power of stupid, seemingly inappropriate fun. This scene will mark the beginning of a series of dizzying, dangerous, partly absurdist adventures, about which it will be impossible to read without laughing.

Paul Mulchrone lives a meagre, lonely existence, working part time in a hospice as a companion to elderly residents (a ‘granny whisperer’) - he’s not very brave, faints at the sight of blood and is a bit of a whinger. So he spends 6 hours each week visiting an old folks home where residents mistake him for their long lost brother, neighbour or grandchild. When they were kids Barry Dodds had told him that when he knocked his granda’s body over at the wake, it was like being buried under a dozen frozen turkeys. There’s also Bunny – an absolute hoot of a Detective Sergeant who reminds me of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes’ Gene Hunt: drinking, swearing, lets his fists (or hurley – a hockey stick of sorts) do the talking, yet wise and extremely loyal to the few he cares about. Once he’d given in, he’d decided it was only fair to let her enjoy the holiday and not be a moany prick about it.RN Brigit Conroy signs off his hours which he gleefully presents to Auntie Fidelma’s lawyer in exchange for another month’s keep. CAP Award, хотя следует уточнить, что с этой книгой автор дебютировал только как прозаик, прежде много и успешно работал сценаристом на ирландском и британском телевидении, теперь живет в Манчестере. stars rounding up for the much-needed happiness it brought me when I was needing a bit of escape from reality.

With these three protagonists and many more crazy characters, you can be assured there is complete mayhem, hysterical scenarios and snappy dialogue, which makes for many laugh out loud moments. Not in a racist way, they just insisted on having their own languages and he had a copper’s pathological dislike of things he didn’t understand. It all works like a charm until one night when one of his terminally ill patients decides to try to murder Paul.If you are an author wanting us to review your book, please read our review policy (link under header) first. Our leading lady, Nurse Brigit, doesn’t fare much better either; her’s is a face that wouldn’t sink a thousand ships, but could raise the pulses of the guys waiting for chips at the local fish bar. I spend my days mostly surrounded by people who are, to put it in terms you’d understand, waiting for the very last train to Clarkesville.