In my opinion, you can’t beat the Irish wit.
Even more in my opinion is that you can’t beat the Irish wit when it’s not even forced. The most successful books that Gill & Macmillan have ever produced are going to become part of the Irishbook stock: The Overheard in Dublin Series.
Set up as a website (www.overheardindublin.com), it invited anyone with a story to come along and share a funny story of something they overheard in Dublin. The best 500 are then picked out and produced as a book. Trouble is, there were so many comments, that it required an entire series!
A truly fantastic read, and great for a quick laugh. We should have copies of these books in mid-late July. but if you’d like to be informed about when they arrive, simply email me at sales@irishbook.com
Here’s a taster:
Sitting in the bog in a city-centre pub after a few scoops, the bloke in the next cubicle says, ‘Howya, how’s it goin’?’ to which I reply, ‘Ah, not too bad!’ Then he says, ‘Sorry!’ and I say again, ‘Not too bad!’ Then he says,
‘Listen I’ll ring you back, there’s some lunatic in the jacks next to me!’
I cringed — and waited till he left!
Priceless!
Best,
Liam
