Book description
Long Time, No See introduces us to the unforgettable world of
Mister Psyche . In the isolated coastal townland of Ballintra in the
Northwest of Ireland Recent school-leaver, occasional worker,
full-time companion and Malibu-provider to Uncle Joe-Joe and his
friend, The Blackbird, Psyche is a boy on the cusp of adulthood,
undone by a recent traumatic event. Hanging out with men some
forty-plus years his senior proves hazardous for Mister Psyche when
the appearance of a bullet-hole in Uncle Joe-Joe's window draws him
into a series of (mis)-adventures which unsettle and bemuse. Perhaps
The Blackbird is losing it? Or perhaps The General has decided to act
on a decades-old grudge? Whichever way, as the paranoia grabs a
creeping hold of Uncle Joe-Joe, his fragile world threatens to
collapse. And it is Mister Psyche who must digest this and acknowledge
the new world taking shape in the old ... An epic in miniature peopled
by a cast of innocents and broken misfits, Long Time, No See's lyrical
power casts a miraculous literary spell.
Dermot Healy is a poet, novelist and dramatist. He lives in
County Sligo and is the author of A Goat's Song, Sudden Times, and The
Bend for Home.
