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€12.99
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€11.00
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| format: |
171 x 123 mm PBK
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| extent: |
224 pages
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| ISBN |
978 0 9551264 0 6
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‘Businessmen are the new revolutionaries’ is the mantra of Lawrence Cooley, the founder of Dublin-based IT consultancy Aisling Ltd. When Eoin Cullen is hired to take ownership of Aisling’s corporate story, he soon finds himself won over by Cooley’s brand of messianic capitalism. But there’s at least one malcontent in the ranks who thinks Aisling’s philosophy is 'f**king new age hoodoo voodoo', and Cullen slowly becomes aware that there’s more than meets the eye to the firm’s office politics.
Aisling Ltd is a must-read for anyone who has ever been tempted to murder their boss. Written in sparse, sardonic prose, it is also the first novel to depict the excitement, idealism and hubris that fed the Celtic Tiger.
Seán Harnett worked for five years in the IT industry in Dublin and Galway and now lives in Athenry, Co. Galway.
’Aisling Ltd is entirely convincing and engaging: an exciting tale written with flair and talent by a young Irish author who seems guaranteed to have a bright future ahead.’
—Village magazine
’This is the novel that IT people all over the world have been waiting for.’
—Vincent Banville, Irish Examiner
’a hugely enjoyable parody of an earnestly idealistic young businessman who is equal parts Holden Caulfield and Tom Ripley’
—Capital magazine
’a good story that’s full of twists and turns … a sharp debut by a writer who shows real promise’
—Ireland on Sunday