Himself by Jess Kidd6/2/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Their investigation summons the wrath of Father Quinn and the Widow Farelly, provokes letter bombs and poisoned scones, and culminates in a riotous production of Synge’s greatest play. ![]() Together, this improbable duo concoct a slick plan to get the town talking, aided and abetted by a cast of eccentric characters (living and dead). When Mahony meets anarchist and ancient actress Mrs Cauley his identity is revealed, as is the extent of his mother’s unpopularity as a young unmarried mother. With the suggestion of foul play involved Mahony turns up to case the village but his familiar looks and outsider ways cause a stir amongst the locals, who receive him with a mixture of awe (the women) and suspicion (the pious). Himself is a genre-bending crime story set in County Mayo in the 1970s.Ībandoned on the steps of an orphanage, Mahony, a lovable car thief and Dublin charmer, returns to the town of his birth after an anonymous message suggests that his mother was taken from him. ![]()
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