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A year after its closure, Finbar’s Hotel on the Dublin quays reopens under a rock‑star owner, reinventing itself as a fashionable hotspot. The volume gathers a handful of short pieces set over one night in this newly illustrious setting, capturing the hotel’s diverse clientele and the variety of lives intersecting within its walls. Each story stands alone yet contributes to a sardonic tour of human experience, framed by the city’s familiar buzz and the hotel’s transformation from downtrodden to chic.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Dermot Bolger
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