Yeats Is Dead!: A Mystery by 15 Irish Writers Book

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as various factions try to get their hands on or unload a secret document reputed to be James Joyce's last work, an unpublished manuscript written about the poet Yeats.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 Ireland today, this novel is a mystery in which there is no mysery, as a man dies and the reader immediately knows who the murderer is. This isn't a whodunit; it's a whatthef**kisit as the myriad characters let fly with bullets, excuses, alibis, gutter talk, sexual innuendoes, crack and the blarney that only the Irish are capable of using. It's everybody for themselves and the devil take the hindmost as hilarity and hijinks, the rich and poor, the clever and deeply stupid collide.

This is absurdity of almost Ionescan proportions and the reader is dragged helpessly along on the tour. This novel will have you quaking with laughter and shuddering with horror on almost the same page. You'll never think of Ireland or James Joyce in quite the same light after reading it.