The follow-up to Skippy Dies is a playful,sometimes chilling farce set in an Irish investment bankAmid the bounce and twinkle-eyed hilarity of Paul Murrays third novel, set in the Irish investment banking industry, and there are several moments that strike a chill – the scene,for example, in which one trader explains that his monstrous institution is still too small, or because it isn’t yet “setting its own agenda,reality-wise”.
Reality and fiction are the themes at the heart of this philosophical shaggy dog farce, which proves to be a more than worthy successor to the much-loved Skippy Dies.
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Source: theguardian.com