This was a very well narrated book, but unfortunately one that became rather tedious as we follow the fortunes of a group of characters, mostly hapless, around Belfast.

People try to follow their dreams and keep getting more and more tangled up in messes, mostly of their own making.

Many stories are intermingled and by the end of the book you find out how most of the people are related in some way or other, which gives the idea about what small society the city actually is.

When you start to keep checking to see how much longer you have to go before you finish a book, the book has missed its mark.

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I loved this book - way funny and as another reviewer mentioned, very educational. ( )

I love the storyline about carrot cake love it!!! ( )

Hilarious book and educational--learned about gravy rings and boaking. I have used this knowledge to impress people. ( )

Funny, well written and suspenseful. An excellent murder based in Northern Ireland in and around Belfast, the author writes of the trials and troubles of several characters who all become entangles in the "post-troubles" era of Northern Ireland. ( )