Micil and Nóra find themselves cut off at home by the rising seas. As the tide rises and the sea comes pouring in on the old couple, they find the time to debate the big questions: rising sea-levels and the receding Gaeltachts, cranky mná tí and gaeltacht colleges, Osama Bin Laden and the Ozone Layer, and, of course, LOVE. And then the man from the 'coláistí samhraidh' comes to rescuer them. Or does he?
When the Department's last inspector goes in search of th last two native Irish speakers questions are raised that come a bit too close to the bone.
“Ó Scolaí is relentless in his outspoken observances and criticisms of language policies.... This is a satirical comedy about language, lies, bureaucracy, and Gaeltacht grants that cleverly uses language as the context of the dramatic conflict.” —Norma-Jean Kenny, The Galway Advertizer
Combining the taut action-pacing of a thriller and the reflective depth of the literary novel, Darach Ó Scolaí has written a book to follow in the heels of his prize?winning best?seller An Cléireach. In this heady paranoic thriller set in a contemporary world of postmodernist conspiracies and cults, we meet Joe, a man trained in servility, as he sets off to serve 'better masters'. Following in his footsteps we set from Dublin to Paris to Istanbul as Joe rushes headlong towards his destiny.
