Enniscorthy Madness Captured

A very proud Tony Bolger launched his debut novel In Hindspite before a packed gathering of family, friends, and well-wishers on Saturday 25th February at the Theatre Chapel in The Presentation Arts Centre, Enniscorthy.

In Hindspite, the back cover tells us is the story of ‘how far an idiot will go to avoid dealing with his own nonsense, as he navigates a tornado of self-made disasters, endless sandwiches, and random bird attacks’.

Sounds intriguing and no doubt hilarious from this humorous and unassuming Enniscorthy man who left the town at the tender age of nineteen, studied English and Creative Writing in Bristol, and has written numerous articles for local and online publications.

In Hindspite has been in the melting pot for nearly seventeen years with Tony telling the Presentation audience that it took that long for him to put a little bit of Enniscorthy madness between the pages of a book.

Describing it as light-hearted reading, Tony says he is delighted to be home and hopes everyone will enjoy the book, which is available as a paperback on Amazon.

I got my signed copy in the Presentation on Saturday and am very much looking forward to reading it.

– Words and pics by Maria Nolan

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