Bogmail kindle edition by patrick mcginley download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading bogmail. Bogmail modern irish classics patrick mcginley on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers a truly funny and stunningly well told tale of murder in a small irish village near donegal bogmail is a classic of modern irish literature set in a remote village in the west of ireland. A novel by patrick mcginley a rediscovered classic of irish literature this darkly comic tale tells of murder and its consequences set in a remote village in the northwest of ireland roarty a publican and former priest kills his lecherous bartender and buries him in a bog. Patrick mcginley has a fine command of the language great development of characters set in donegal roarty the local barman kills his daughters lover he hides the body in the bog and is content that he committed the perfect crime until he receives blackmail letters roarty commits a string of crimes to throw the murder investigation off. Book review bogmail patrick mcginley new island eur1099 the late 1970s a small donegal village local publican roarty kills his barman with a whack of an encyclopaedia to the head for reasons soon revealed