Declan O’Driscoll (The Irish Times) joins Vincent Francone (A Book No One Wants) and Chad W. Post to talk about Tom O’Neill’s Grattan and Me, a brilliantly funny, perceptive book about a Quixote-esque civil servant (Grattan) and his cynical, chaos-making sidekick (Suck Ryle) as they travel Ireland trying to inject a bit more humanity and rational kindness into the world. A rambunctious novel filled with humor, philosophical ideas, and a debate about the importance of James Joyce, Grattan and Me is the perfect Bloomsday book . . .
This episode’s music is “Common People” by Pulp.
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