Yeats is Dead!, Joseph OConner
Yeats is Dead!, Joseph OConner
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Yeats is Dead!
A Mystery by 15 Irish Writers

Author: Joseph O'Conner, Various

Narrator: Ciaran O'Reilly

Abridged: 8 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/05/2001


Synopsis

Fifteen of Ireland’s brightest and most entertaining authors came together to benefit Amnesty International–resulting in this raucous, raunchy, and diabolically entertaining mulligan stew of a novel. 

Yeats is Dead! is an elaborate mystery centered around the search for something more valuable and precious than anything else in Ireland–an unpublished manuscript by James Joyce. A madcap chase ensues, spiced with the shenanigans of a spectacular array of characters: a sadistic sergeant with the unlikely name of Andy Andrews; a urinal paddy salesman; and the unforgettable Mrs. Bloom, a woman “who had tried everything but drew the line at honesty.” Gratuitously violent and completely hilarious, Yeats is Dead! is an out-of-control tale of lust and literature that packs big laughs and an even bigger body count.

Edited by Joseph O'Conner and featuring contributions by writers Roddy Doyle, Conor McPherson, Gene Kerrigan, Gina Moxley, Marian Keyes, Anthony Cronin, Owen O’Neill, Hugo Hamilton, Joseph O’Connor, Tom Humphries, Pauline McLynn, Charlie O’Neill, Donal O’Kelly, Gerard Stembridge, and Frank McCourt.

About The Author

Joseph O'Connor was born in Dublin. He has written thirteen books, including five previous novels: Cowboys and Indians, Desperadoes, The Salesman, Inishowen and most recently Star of the Sea, which became an international bestseller, winning the Irish Post Award for Literature, an American Library Association Award, France's Prix Millepages and the Prix Madeleine Zepter for European Novel of the Year. His work has been published in twenty-nine languages.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marsha on June 17, 2019

Yeats Is Dead! is a hilarious romp through the Irish countryside as various factions try to get their hands on or unload a secret document reputed to be James Joyce’s last work, an unpublished manuscript written about the poet Yeats. Written by 15 of the most preeminent and irreverent voices out of......more

Goodreads review by Sørina on March 05, 2021

I'm getting too old to waste time reading books I don't like. This one is clever, funny, witty--and gross. Moving on...........more

Goodreads review by Phil on October 11, 2017

I could not finish this mish-mash. A lovely idea gone awry. The old adage is so true: Too many cooks spoil the both.......more

Goodreads review by Luize on June 19, 2024

I agree with the comments that too many cooks spoil the broth! The idea was interesting however execution failed. Too many characters, as if each author wanted its own character. Then later on, just became confusing and a bit frustrating to read. Also feels as if they are trying to hard to make it co......more

Goodreads review by Lesley on April 05, 2023

Absolutely brilliant bonkers fun , as if each author tried to 'one up' the daftness/ horniness / mad escapades of the previous chapter......more