Ghosts and Lightning

Denny Cullen, 21st-century Dubliner at university in Wales, thinks he's left home, but home isn't finished with him yet. Called back for his mother's funeral, he soon seems to be back in the groove, with relatives and friends who are going nowhere fast and doing nothing much (though, this being Dubl......more

Through a Pint Glass Darkly... Ghosts and Lightning is the debut novel of Trevor Byrne, a young Dubliner, that has already seen him praised by the likes of Roddy Doyle - a rare feat. Upon reading the book, it's easy to see why. Set largely in the poorer suburbs of Dublin, a place I know only too well,......more

This is not a perfect novel but if it lacks anything then the top of that list would be pretentiousness. The author tells it as it is. He looks back, looks around him and considers the future with eyes wide open. Its biggest weakness is that to get a fuller understanding of the book it would help to......more

"Never even heard o these places before, never mind been to them, and yet, I dunno why, it all seems familiar. Mad that, isn't it? This feelin I get that nothin is new, not really." WHY DID I READ THIS BOOK? I'm not really sure. i don't remember buying the book and the cover isn't something that would......more