If it is possible to expose the soul of a city; its moral decadence and rampant disintegration - not to mention the delusional degenerates who inhabit its sleazy underworld and the goons who think they're running the place - then John Kelly in 'From out of the City' has masterfully - and hilariously - achieved this!
From the - inconsequential (per the details) - assassination of an American President on Irish soil through the unfolding of events through the eyes of the hawk-eyed octogenarian 'Monk', to the 'some class of a denouement' at the grand finale, Kelly has woven a sumptuous novel of suspense, intrigue, and sidesplitting humor that - notwithstanding the narrator's disclaimer that his account of events is no thriller - does in fact thrill!
At a deeper level, set as it is in a Dublin of the future where everything form honey to coffee beans is synthetic and subject to some kind of breakage and extinction, this yarn is a wake-up call to a global culture beset with dysfunctionality and the seeping wounds of nihilistic arrogance . . When you read 'From out of the City' you're in the hands of a master satirist, humorist, and lushly gifted writer. Enjoy!
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