Keeping one's hair in Dublin, plus books I got at Crimefest
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| Left: Sculpture, Archaeological Museum of Morbihan, Vannes, Brittany. Above: View from the rear of my guesthouse, Gardiner Street Lower, Dublin. All photos by your humble blogkeeper. |
I opened two packages of books yesterday that I'd shipped home from Crimefest, and I must be a nice guy because I sent myself some good stuff. Among the highlights:- Betrayal, by Giorgio Scerbanenco. This is a new translation of a novel by the master of Italian noir. Its previous English translation was released in the 1960s as Duca and the Milan Murders.
- The Killing Way, by Anthony Hays. A mystery set in Arthurian Britain might not ordinarily be my cup of tea, but this looks low on sorcery and faux-Celtic wiftiness, and high on low-down, dirty political intrigue.
- The Saint and Mr Teal, by Leslie Charteris, included in my book bag, talked up by panelist Zoë Sharp, and published in a handsome new trade paperback edition. Includes an entertaining tribute to P.G. Wodehouse in one character's name.
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| Because everyone else is doing it? |
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| Muiredach's High Cross (detail), Monasterboice, County Louth, Ireland |
© Peter Rozovsky 2013
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| Neolithic passage grave, Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland |
Labels: Anthony Hays, Crimefest, Crimefest 2013, Dublin, Giorgio Scerbanenco, images, Ireland, Leslie Charteris, Luke Kelly, Neolithic Age, noir photos, P.G. Wodehouse, The Saint, Tony Hays, what I did on my vacation
posted by Peter Rozovsky at 6:08 PM
8 Comments:
I stayed on Lower Gardiner Street when I was there as well. Townhouse Hotel, by any chance? Although I'm sure there are other guesthouses nearby.
Nope, the Avondale. But yes, that street and neighborhood are full of guesthouses, and one can even find an example of two of that relic of the 1990s and 2000s, the Internet and phone-call shop.
Yes, my sister sent in a resume to a company back home and landed a job while we were there at one of those very shops.
I suppose without a smart phone, I'd be lost there now.
I managed. We are urban foragers, humans out of time.
But in Vannes, I even bought and used a phone card at a public phone!
And there was still a phone to use it on?
Several, and neatly maintained, too--at the train station, naturally.
Wish I could have done some book buying on my trip, but I have a feeling I'll be back.
Gutter Bookshop is good place to buy, and there's a good used/inexpensive shop near Trinity College where I've bought books, though not on this trip.
If you make it to Belfast, No Alibis is a mandatory stop.
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