Notes From A Turkish Whorehouse

A Performance Artist Opens His Chest And Displays His Beating Heart On Stage. A Young Man Walks Through The Hills Of South-west Romania, Where The Locals Have Peculiar Ideas About Gold. On The Morning Of A Medical Examination, A Woman Tries To Coax Her Husband Off The Roof. A Smuggler Pays Off An Old Debt To His Sister And Resigns Himself To A Life Of Honest Toil In The Mine-shafts Of His Home Town. A Mysterious Rodent Named Brigitte Enters The Lives Of Two Old Men. And, In The Astonishing Long Story 'in The Neighbourhood', The Inhabitants Of A Crumbling Tower-block Go About Their Business, Unforgettably. The Stories Of Philip Ó Ceallaigh Create A World That Is Utterly Original And Yet Immediately Recognizable - A World Of Ordinary People Grappling With Work And Idleness, Ambition And Frustration, Wildness And Sobriety, Love And Lust And Decay. Scabrously Honest, Screamingly Funny And Beautifully Crafted, Notes From A Turkish Whorehouse Is A Brilliant Debut From A Writer Who Cannot Be Ignored By Anyone Who Cares About The Art Of Fiction.