An astronomer challenges an emperor. A hunter pursues
the last dinosaur through a remote rainforest. A young Kerryman
emigrates to the Moon to seek his fortune.
The fifteen darkly funny stories in this book illuminate
a side of Irish literary history that is often overlooked.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, the winds of change came
rushing in Ireland’s direction. Science and technology
would transform everything: life, love, death, crime, war,
and even history itself.