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Some Hope

by Emmet Boyle

359 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #04-1884; ISBN 1-4120-4077-9; US$28.00, C$32.31, EUR23.00, £16.50

Eddie views a bleak horizon. He suspects a brighter one lies in a reunion with his ex-girlfriend. Success depends on whether he changes his ways. But can he change and does he really want to?

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About the Book

Eddie is just another average bloke teetering on the threshold of manhood. Only problem is he's been on this threshold for 12 years now. Just another underachieving nobody who could have been somebody. Weeks shy of the dreaded 30 mark Eddie finds himself more disillusioned than ever having lost his one true source of inspiration, his girlfriend Grace.

However all is not lost as Eddie has big plans - including winning back the affections of Grace; although seeing these plans coming to fruition is proving more difficult than imagined. Now is the time to get his life back on track, but first he must escape the life of booze, bedsits, brotherhood and bacon sambos that engulfs him. Easier said than done...

"Witty, accurate portrayal of the travails of young men, misspent youth and lost love in modern times. Perfectly encapsulates the zeitgeist of contemporary Ireland."
-Ross Fitzgerald, Production Editor, New Century Publishing

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About the Author

The author holds a National Diploma in Civil Engineering and in Journalism. He has worked various jobs ranging from cooking Irish breakfasts to gutting buildings for renovation. Emmet, a keen Gaelic footballer has contributed many GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) articles to the Irish Star newspaper.

Currently working in the Irish Post Office, he and his partner Brigitte were recently blessed with a baby son, Luc. Luc, at nine months, is one of Emmet's harshest critics, pulling very severe scowls whenever Emmet reads him some of his work. Stubbornly Luc's father continues to wrestle with the keyboard. He has to this point, two other unpublished novels, Imbroglio and The Championship.

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