From The Brothers' Lot: Biography of the Venerable Saorseach O'Rahilly
Channel: elquebin
Date: 29/08/2011

http://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Lot-Kevin-Holohan/dp/193607091X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322617193&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brothers-Lot-Kevin-Holohan/dp/1842435051/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322617305&sr=8-1

This reading was at KGB Bar, New York, courtesy of Drunken Careening Writers, reading from the novel  The Brothers' Lot in which we hear a snippet of the life-story of the Venerable Saorseach O'Rahilly, founder of the Brothers of Godly Coercion.  the Brothers Lot is available in paperback in the US from Akashic Books and in the UK and Ireland from No Exit Press and also in kindle.
"A witty, brilliant, devastating expression of outrage. . . this novel is so subtly imagined, so elegantly structured, written in such hilarious prose but with such horrifying details, that what it offers is an overpowering, visionary judgement of a society."--Times Literary Supplement

"The mix of dire experiences that goes into the education dished out at the Brothers of Godly Coercion School for Young Boys of Meager Means adds up to a mordantly funny debut from Dublin native Holohan."--Publishers Weekly

"Taking dead aim at the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church and the atmosphere of repression that allowed abuse to flourish, this first novel uses satire to stinging effect . . . Terribly bleak and terribly funny, this skillful debut pays tribute to the irrepressible spirit of all the rebellious young boys who would not give in to authoritarian rule."--Booklist

"[Holohan] possesses his own distinct voice. Especially useful as therapy for recovering Catholics or to tweak apologists of the church, this impressive debut is highly recommended."--Library Journal, Starred Review

"Holohan's ability to write the kind of free-flowing naturalistic dialogue that so potently conveys the anarchic spirit of schoolboy warfare . . . is grounded by a shadow play of macabre references to horrors that ghost around the edges of the narrative, many eerily similar to some of the more infamous real life reports that have emerged in recent years."--Irish Times

"The book is funny, fast-paced with one crisis after another, but always pulls at the heartstrings."--Brooklyn Rail

"The Brothers' Lot takes on serious subject matter--the grim aftermath of World War II, the abuse of children by priests--with biting satire that lends comic relief to an otherwise dark novel."--The Daily Beast, Book Beast