The razor-sharp, violent and darkly comic satire on the politics and close-kept secrets of small-town Ireland from actor, comedian and writer Ardal O’Hanlon
‘Ardal O’Hanlon is blessed with a genuine literary talent’ - Mail on Sunday
‘Perceptive, local and wild, a brilliantly imagined deadly serious thriller with a wonderful undertow of soul…’ Tommy Tiernan – comedian, actor and write
Brouhaha by Ardal O’Hanlon
Harper Collins / 26 May 2022 / £16.99
Hardback fiction
Dove Connolly is dead. That’s not good for anyone in Tullyanna, never mind Dove.
Now his best friend Sharkey is home asking awkward questions about Dove’s death, about the strange graphic novel he left behind, and, most of all, about Sandra. Sandra Mohan. Missing now for over a decade, whereabouts unknown.
This, however, is a town dead-set on keeping its secrets. And Sharkey is already drawing attention from all the wrong quarters…
A mystery, a black comedy, and a satire on Ireland’s tangled politics of memory, Brouhaha is an edgy, funny and fierce novel set in a small town on the Irish border during the transition to peace. And peace doesn’t come easy in these parts.
ABOUT Ardal O’Hanlon
Ardal O’Hanlon is an actor, comedian, writer, and documentary filmmaker. A star of several high-profile television series, including Death in Paradise, My Hero, and the BAFTA-winning Father Ted, he is also the author of the critically acclaimed novel Talk of the Town (1998). He lives in Dublin, Ireland.
‘Growing up in the border region, I’ve always been captivated by the language and deadpan character and dark humour of the people and the place. In trying to capture that I’ve tried to write the sort of book I love to read - pacy, thrilling, edgy, insightful, funny, and humane and I really hope people enjoy it.’
Ardal is available for interview and events.