The adventures of an Irish footman
MacBain, Gillies2019
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In the summer of 1964, twenty-one-year-old Gillies MacBain arrives in Dublin off the ferry from England with only his bicycle, a suitcase and a tent to his name. Young, handsome and charismatic, he begins work as a footman in one of the houses of the 'dying aristocracy'. Thus begins his foray into the upper echelons of Irish society. 'The Adventures of an Irish Footman' is an irresistible narrative which describes a fading part of Irish society that MacBain subverts with wry humour. MacBain finds himself in a precarious niche: the borderland in between 'upstairs' and 'downstairs'. Here, he rubs shoulders with a cast of characters from the bohemian socialites to the chancer 'Sketchly' and the hippes with their dewy-eyed 'morals'.
Main title:
The adventures of an Irish footman / Gillies MacBain.
Author:
MacBain, Gillies, author
Imprint:
Dublin : The Lilliput Press, 2019.
Collation:
256 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781843517658 (pbk)
Dewey class:
640.46092
LC class:
HD8039.D52
Local class:
B MAC
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2602115