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There is than one author in the Goodreads catalog with this name This entry is for William 3 King site_link See this thread for information William King was born in Kilflynn County Kerry in 1945 He studied at University College Dublin and Holy Cross College Clonliffe Dublin He is now parish priest at Corpus Christi Drumcondra There is than one author in the Goodreads catalog with this name This entry is for William 3 King site_link See this thread for information William King was born in Kilflynn County Kerry in 1945 He studied at University College Dublin and Holy Cross College Clonliffe Dublin He is now parish priest at Corpus Christi Drumcondra site_link It is boom time in Dublin and Philip and Sam a professional couple in banking and advertising gorged on vertiginous success buy a run down monastery in a wealthy suburb As they renovate their statement home and throw lavish parties to consolidate their social standing cracks begin to appear in the designer fixtures mirroring the disintegration of their marriage and a once solid moral scaffolding William King pierces the surface of this era of glitz and easy credit following the contours of Ireland s bubble and burst through a vivid cast of characters whose stories interweave the unsavoury banker Sharkey a retired doctor a maverick priest neglected teenagers and trophy wives in trophy cars With the financial tsunami sweeping across the Atlantic Ireland s economy unravels and Philip Sam and the feral Sharkey confront the true cost of their sacrifices and choices WILLIAM KING was born in Kilflynn County Kerry in 1945 He studied at University College Dublin and Holy Cross College Clonliffe and is parish priest at Corpus Christi Drumcondra He is author of bestselling novels The Strangled Impulse 1997 Swansong 2001 and Leaving Ardglass 2008 Is that all there is William King is a parish priest and author from Ireland who first came to my attention with his brilliant novel Leaving Ardglass which was one of my favourite reads from 2011 That book told a heartbreaking story of two Irish brothers working on building sites in London in the 1960s one of whom turned into a corrupt property magnate and the other who returned to Ireland to escape it all and become a priest It was a compelling morality tale of what happens to those who put money before all else. Is that all there is song peggy lee The story follows three main characters middle aged husband and wife Philip and Samantha Lalor and Philip s bull headed boss Aengus Sharkey the powerful CEO of a fictional bank Nat Am All three are ambitious and hungry for success. Is that all there is questions When Is That All There Is opens the title by the way is from a song made popular by Peggy Lee in the 1960s we meet Philip and Sam moving into their new glitzy home a renovated monastery with all the mod cons But the couple who have two teenage children rarely have time to enjoy it. Is that all there is pj harvey Sam has a high powered job in an advertising agency which takes her across the globe to New York to London to help direct TV commercials And Philip is an executive banker working all the hours god sends him to keep the family leading the glamorous lifestyle to which they ve become accustomed. Is that all there is up But in the background there are rumours of an impending crisis there s been a run at Northern Rock the British bank Merrill Lynch a subsidiary of the Bank of America is in trouble and the American investment bank Bear Stearns has collapsed No matter what rumours you hear continue to lend Sharkey tells his lending managers at an impromptu meeting a mantra which eventually leaves him and everyone else high and dry To read the rest of my review please visit my blog Paperback
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Is that all there is meaning King s new book covers similar themes but this time the setting is modern day Dublin during the bubble and burst of the Celtic Tiger
