A Close Shave with the Devil Music ‘This is a book of

‘This is a book of departure

the eponymous heroine is wrenched from an idyllic sojourn in Andalucia when her mother falls ill

towards their eventual defeat just over the Longford border at Ballinamuck

the factions

A Close Shave with the Devil Music ‘This is a book ofThe devil was going around again and everyone knew because it was in the papers. An usherette in the Metropole saw him at An Apartment for Peggie, eating oranges in a brown trilby; two women in Clerys Bargain Basement came upon him fingering cups in a highly suspicious manner; and The Evening Mail said pretty drapers assistant, Lily Shine, nineteen, from Cabra West, was dancing with a fellow in a brown suit when she felt something funny, looked down,