Tony 10 is the story of the postman who stole EURO1.75 million from the local post office, where he was a branch manager, to fund a gambling addiction that began with a bet of EURO1 and ended with the loss of more than EURO10 million, his family, his home - and won him a prison sentence.
Set in present day Dublin and rural Ireland, this is the story of Victor, an ageing showband manager of the 60s and 70s when showband music played in ballrooms throughout Ireland. Victor, once famous and wealthy, is now long past the end of his career. No longer rich and famous he is a desperate man. Rejected by his peers, he rents a room in Dublin and spends most of his time watching TV. His only son presents an ailing TV quiz show, which comes under a lot of heavy criticism from the press...it only adds further to Victor's despair. When his son's body is found washed up on the shore near the hugely protected home of young, wealthy and successful rock star, Richie Johns, suicide is presumed. Victor has other ideas; he discovers a video showing Richie Johns' guard dogs chasing his son into the sea. Victor, desperate to avenge his son's death and for revenge against Richie Johns - the rock star who stands for everything that has contributed to his downfall - deliberately sets up a trap into which Richie falls thus allowing Victor the sweet smell of power and fortune once again...for now.
Richly insightful, deeply humorous, often poignant, The Ponzi Man skilfully reveals the inner-world of a man who knows every maddening thing about gambling, except how to give it up.
Combining the razor-sharp wit of writer Declan Lynch with illustrations and contributions from Father Ted co-creator Arthur Mathews.
A SERIAL KILLER STALKS DUBLIN’S RED-LIGHT DISTRICT IN 1916 Fans of Sebastian Barry and Pat Barker will enjoy this mix of politics, espionage, and murder against the backdrop of global and national conflict. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Chilling, intelligent and scarily prophetic – unputdownable. An extraordinary new talent' In the days following the 1916 Dublin Rising, Christopher Flinter, a young Dubliner, deserts from the British army and returns home from Flanders to avenge the death of his younger brother. Caught in the act of revenge, he is imprisoned in Dublin Castle. There he meets Major Jonathan Byatt, a British secret service agent who gives him two choices: be shot for desertion or work undercover for the British.Christopher’s mission is to infiltrate the Monto, the biggest red-light district in Europe, and locate an American agent. The agent, code-named Janus, has a darker side. He is also a depraved serial killer who roams the alleyways of the Monto, terrorising the prostitutes who ply their trade there.Christopher then meets Nell, a spirited young woman who supports the rebels’ cause, and their feelings for each other grow. He, with comrades fighting and dying in the trenches in Flanders, finds his loyalties divided.Intent on honouring his promise to Byatt, he wanders blindly through the dark heart of the Monto, searching for clues, aware that he himself may be the next target of the faceless and brilliant assassin he seeks.
What really happens when students try to communicate with each other in the classroom? What makes them succeed? Why do they sometimes fail? In this book, Tony Lynch uses classroom research and transcripts from real lessons to explain the process of classroom interaction. He shows how this can help teachers with assessing students' performance and designing communicative tasks that work.