The Ghost of Plenty
Book Details
Author(s)Gerald McCormack
PublisherBig Bendy Stick Publications
ISBN / ASINB00E2QSYNS
ISBN-13978B00E2QSYN6
Sales Rank1,745,806
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Ireland, some years after the Famine, and newly qualified barrister Redmond O’ Leary has returned to the family hovel in the West of Ireland to his poor old Mammy, and his thirteen* or so siblings.
Redmond “has brought shame on the family†by being educated in England. Now he finds he must prove himself to be a true Irishman by killing the local landlord Lord Lockborough.
The only problem is that Lord Lockborough is a very kind trusting man who treats his tenants very well indeed. Nevertheless, Redmond’s Mammy’s atavistic passions are undimmed, and she continues to urge the reluctant Redmond to commit this dastardly crime as an act of personal redemption.
The Ghost of Plenty has been edited from the private journals of Redmond and Lord Lockborough by renowned historian Gerald J. McCormack. It includes scenes of well deserved deprivation, a lonely goat, lots of people with mutton chops, and a completely pointless journey on a big boat to America.
The Ghost of Plenty chronicles one man’s struggle against the terrible energies of the Irish Id as represented by his Mammy, and another man’s futile struggle with his own innate niceness. It is salutary lesson in how “doing the right thing†is all very well, except when one refuses to take into account the predatory forces of history.
*Number subject to change due to environmental factors (e.g.: people falling off cliffs, drowning, having cows fall on them).
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Gerald J. McCormack is a retired history professor who lives in Dalkey county Dublin with his wife and their cat Mr Tibbles. He is on nodding terms with Bono.
Redmond “has brought shame on the family†by being educated in England. Now he finds he must prove himself to be a true Irishman by killing the local landlord Lord Lockborough.
The only problem is that Lord Lockborough is a very kind trusting man who treats his tenants very well indeed. Nevertheless, Redmond’s Mammy’s atavistic passions are undimmed, and she continues to urge the reluctant Redmond to commit this dastardly crime as an act of personal redemption.
The Ghost of Plenty has been edited from the private journals of Redmond and Lord Lockborough by renowned historian Gerald J. McCormack. It includes scenes of well deserved deprivation, a lonely goat, lots of people with mutton chops, and a completely pointless journey on a big boat to America.
The Ghost of Plenty chronicles one man’s struggle against the terrible energies of the Irish Id as represented by his Mammy, and another man’s futile struggle with his own innate niceness. It is salutary lesson in how “doing the right thing†is all very well, except when one refuses to take into account the predatory forces of history.
*Number subject to change due to environmental factors (e.g.: people falling off cliffs, drowning, having cows fall on them).
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Gerald J. McCormack is a retired history professor who lives in Dalkey county Dublin with his wife and their cat Mr Tibbles. He is on nodding terms with Bono.
