The Trick Of The Ga Bolga
3.64from 18 Goodreads ratings
- Published
- 1985
- ISBN
- 9780006541745
Description
Set against World War II, this is a tragi-comic tale of an Englishman who tries to start a potato farm in rural Ireland, and is mistaken for a hero by the locals - with bizarre consequences, escalating to accidental death, suicide, and murder.
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