Eureka Street
A hilarious and moving story of Belfast in the six months just before and after the lastest ceasefires, where violence and desire go hand in hand. Chuckie Lurgan, fat, Protestant and poor, suddenly becomes wealthly by various legal but immoral means. His mother, Peggy, indulges in an act which causes more damage in working class Protestant Belfast than the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Jake, reformed tough guy, recently abandoned by his English girlfriend, is looking for love. Meanwhile the strange letters 'OTG' appear on walls, paving stones, phoneboxes. No one knows what it means. The IRA and the UVF issue death threats, the police lay traps, all are concerned and ignorant in equal measure. Finally, Jake discovers the meaning. It makes some sense to him. He buys a ladder. He climbs a wall. 'OTG',he writes, 'OTG'.
Secker & Warburg 1996
Translated into: Norwegian, Serbian, French, Dutch, Hungarian, Albanian
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