Bogmail: A Novel with Murder.

New York, NY Ticknor & Fields: A Joan Kahn Book, 1985. Paperback First Edition USA (1981), so stated. Copyright is 1978. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a touch of wear to the extremities; the very mildest rubbing to wrapper covers; the finest crease to the backstrip; very faint toning to the white background field of the rear panel; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws. Close to 'As New'. Book Club Edition. NOT a Remainder or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.25 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches). 259 pages. Language: English Weight: 12.5 ounces. Paperback. Patrick McGinley (born 1937) was born in Glencolumbkille, Ireland. After teaching in Ireland, McGinley moved to England in the 1960s and settled in Kent. He he then pursued a career as a publisher and author. Among his strongest literary influences is his Irish predecessor Flann O'Brien. Bogmail, his first novel, is a sort of 'mystery' but it is also an incredibly comical look at life in a small Irish village. It has some of the most amusing dialogue I've read anywhere as the various local characters philosophize over pints of stout at the local pub. The dialogue is witty and would have made a great screenplay so I'm surprised this was never picked up as a film. The people are all real "characters" and the story , set in rural Donegal , digresses enough to include philosophical musings by the local inhabitants as well as an Englishman recently transplanted. The mystery drives the plot along briskly but the real joy of this book is the interaction between the some marvelously quirky characters.