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The holy city : a novel

Chris McCool, a dandyish, debonair playboy, a product of the wealthy Protestant wife of another man, and a poor Catholic farmer, reflects on his two lives--the one he lives and the darker one he is capable of and tries to forget.

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  • "At sixty-six, Chris McCool has an attractive Croatian girlfriend and looks like Roger Moore. Looking back on the glory days of the swinging sixties in rural Ireland, he recalls wearing velvet trousers and shirts with frills, a time when he had it all: the moves, the car, and Dolly, a Protestant femme fatale, who called him 'Mr Wonderful'. Except there was another Mr Wonderful in town, a certain Marcus Otoyo, a young Nigerian with a dazzling devoutness. Chris, of course, was interested in Marcus only because of their shared religious fervour and appreciation of the finer things. Besides, Mr McCool was always a hopeless romantic - but is there anything wrong with that."
  • "Now entering his sixty-seventh year, Chris McCool can confidently call himself a member of the Happy Club: he has an attractive and exceedingly accommodating Croatian girlfriend and has been told he bears more than a passing resemblance to Roger Moore. As he looks back on the glory days of his youth, he recalls the swinging sixties of rural Ireland: a decade in which the cool cats sang along to Lulu and drove around in Ford Cortinas, when swinging meant wearing velvet trousers and shirts with frills, and where Dolores McCausland, Dolly Mixtures to those who knew her best, danced on the tops of tables and set the pulses of every man in small-town Cullymore racing. Chris McCool had it all back then. He had the moves, he had the car, and he had Dolly, a woman who purred suggestive songs and tugged gently at her skin-tight dresses, a Protestant femme fatale who was glamorous, transgressive and who called him her very own 'Mr Wonderful'. She was, in short, the answer to this bastard son of a Catholic farmer's prayers. Except that there was another Mr Wonderful in town, a certain Marcus Otoyo, a young Nigerian with glossy curls and a dazzling devoutness that was all but irresistible. Although Chris, of course, was interested in Marcus only because of their shared religious fervour and mutual appreciation of the finer things. That was all. Besides, Mr McCool was always a hopeless romantic, some even described him as excessively so, but is there anything wrong with that?"
  • "Chris McCool, a dandyish, debonair playboy, a product of the wealthy Protestant wife of another man, and a poor Catholic farmer, reflects on his two lives--the one he lives and the darker one he is capable of and tries to forget."@en

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  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Large type books"
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  • "Romans (teksten)"

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  • "The holy city"
  • "The Holy city"
  • "Chris McCool Roman"
  • "The holy city : a novel"@en
  • "The Holy City"@en

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