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Peig – Cultural Heresy
by A.J. Ó Coileáin
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 15th June, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-906018-93-1
Price: €22.50
Peig Cultural Heresy is a darkly comic tale, with more twists than an Irish boreen.
Three students visit an idyllic rural backwater and find themselves enmeshed in a web of lies, larceny and a landlady as cold as a dead fish on a slab in a morgue.
A communal shroud of silence veils her murky past and when a spell of amateur sleuthing leads to a cache of dead bodies – besmirching the fine reputation of a local summer school academy – there is only on logical suspect: Peig Sawyer, the scourge of the Irish countryside.
Peig Cultural Heresy is a darkly comic tale, with more twists than an Irish boreen.
Foreword:
By Jack C. McGillicuddy, T.D.
Minister for Propaganda and Extramarital Affairs
It is my supreme privilege to introduce this new book dedicated to one of literature’s most cherished icons, even if the author did let slip that I was only forty-seventh on his celebrity wish list. Belly-aching aside, Peig has left an indelible impression on generations of Irish schoolchildren. As a schoolboy myself, she was literally beaten into me and I may have suffered irreparable brain damage as a consequence – an unlikely deterrent from entering public office, as many of my colleagues will attest.
So how does one sum up Ireland’s most revered matriarch? Thus far, I have only glanced at the front cover and I am truly sold on her unique androgynous charm. Moreover, my girlfriend was most impressed by the extracts posted to the constituency office. According to her – and I’m willing to go along with almost anything she suggests; “Peig is the embodiment of the spirit of Ireland, vibrant, strong and unvanquished by the forces of nature and man, especially man.”
Perhaps it’s best to judge her for yourself, but Peig – Cultural Heresy is the sort of book that I’d happily recommend to my wife and fourteen children.
Happy reading,
Jack C. McGillicuddy
About the Author
A.J. Ó Coileáin’s passion for storytelling began many years ago when the author was at school. A roving mind led to the creation of many fanciful characters, often brought to life in comic-strip format. While to the amusement of some, such cartoons occasionally scandalised his honourable teachers. Having received his education in Ireland and the U.K, majoring in Media and Communications, A.J.’s storytelling mission expanded into the collaborative process of film production. His interests are many, not least watching the ducks toddle by on a lazy summer afternoon.
