description: Patrick Scully is special. At least, he was as a child - talented at school and on the football field. But now his father is dead, school's over and Scully is stuck in a dead-end job in Dublin. Unable to articulate his bitterness and mounting rage, the only way to turn is in.
language: English
title: The Talk of the Town
titlecomplete: The Talk of the Town
characters: Dermot Geoghegan, Francesca Kelly, Plunkett Mc Kenna, Patrick Scully, Balls O'Reilly
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Humor, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Irish Literature, 20th Century
ratings_count: 716
places: Castlecock, Baile Átha Cliath
publisher: Sceptre