By Kevin Dowling

978 1 83709 309 0

A gritty comedy set within the seedy underbelly of 1980s South East London’s Irish community. The story unfolds from a small cabbage farm near Perugia. Paolo Mancini is not the contented farmer he appears to be. There was a life before Paolo, far removed from the quiet fields of leafy exile. A life lived under the spinning shimmer of the mirrorball, reflecting back Ciarán O’Dowd’s every questionable deed. A life of laughter, family, friendship and love, plus a few shady characters to navigate and a little money laundering. Following a shattering loss, the finger of blame turns upon Ciarán, the violent fallout destroying all he holds dear. He returns to sift through the embers of that other life; to find her. To face the people he betrayed. The trail leads to the West of Ireland, where he realises the past should stay buried. Unfortunately, the past is far more stubborn.