The Irish R M

Eoe Somerville

ISBN 10: 0349101469 / ISBN 13: 9780349101460

Published by Little, Brown Book Group, 1990

About this Item

By the same authors as "French Leave" and "An Enthusiast" this book is a collection of stories first published at the turn of the century and were considered some of the funniest prose in the English language. They have more recently inspired the television series of the same name.

Seller Inventory # CIN0349101469G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Irish R M
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0349101469
• ISBN 13: 9780349101460
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Major Sinclair Yeates leaves England to work as an Irish Resident Magistrate convinced that two and two make four. But as he passes judgement on a range of cases and characters that would have driven Solomon to drink he learns that in Ireland, two and two are just as likely to make five, or three, or even nothing at all...First published at the turn of the century as EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M., these stories were quickly recognised as classics of Anglo- Irish literature and as some of the funniest prose in the English language. This collection- containing all thirty-four stories- inspired the hugely successful television series.

About the Author

Edith Somerville and her cousin Violet Martin adopted male pseudonyms to produce one of the most celebrated literary partnerships and achieved International fame as Somerville and Ross.