The Fabulists

Posted on February 18, 2009 | Category: Novels, The Fabulists

This is a passionate, erotic, mature novel that displays many of the virtues which contemporary Irish fiction so conspicuously lacks: an intelligent vision of an adult relationship coupled with an intelligent vision of contemporary Irish society. Plus, he has a supple prose style which is a constant joy to read.
- Ronan Sheehan, The Irish Press, October 1994

See more reviews at The Fabulists Reviews

The Fabulists IS IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD! It is issued under a Creative Commons Licence licence, ie it is free to download and distribute but some rights are reserved. You can read it online, or download it in MS Word, Open Office 2, and/or PDF formats.

Go directly to its subsite to either read online and/or download. There are also images, reviews etc, including a WARNING as the novel is not suitable for minors.

Go to THE FABULISTS subsite

The posting of The Fabulists on the web under a Creative Commons licence has been made possible by the generous and enlightened support of its publisher Antony Farrell of The Lilliput Press, and also of my former agent, Lisa Eveleigh.
My thanks to them both.

The Fabulists can be purchased from
The Lilliput Press
Amazon.co.uk

The Fabulists is the first volume in The Bann River Trilogy, and was published in trade paperback format in October, 1994, by The Lilliput PressThe Lilliput Press, Dublin
ISBN 1 874675 30 9

Some review excerpts

“This will lie around for a few years and then be declared a Modern Classic.” Amazon.co.uk reader

“a passionate, erotic, mature novel.” Ronan Sheehan

“…stands shoulder to shoulder with the very best Irish fiction of the last few years.” Colin Lacey, The Irish Voice, New York

“This is a book I’ve read now three or four times, and it has that really magnificent quality that great novels have, where you find yourself thinking about them a few weeks after you finish reading them.” Joseph O’Connor, RTÉ Radio

“An Irish love story for the 1990s.” Anthony Glavin, The Sunday Tribune

“Philip Casey’s brilliant debut novel” Gerry Smyth, in Contemporary Irish Fiction Themes, Tropes, Theories Edited by Liam Harte and Michael Parker (London, MacMillan, 2000/New York, St Martin’s Press, 2000)

see more reviews on The Fabulists subsite

The Lilliput Original Paperback Description

The Fabulists is a love story set in Contemporary Dublin. After a brief encounter on the Ha’Penny Bridge over the Liffey, Tess and Mungo contrive to make their paths cross again. “Two spoofers,” Tess thinks to herself. ˜It might even be fun.”
The relationship that develops extends the horizon of their lives on the dole, struggling with children and marriage, filled with sexual longing, and hungry for purpose.
As life and fantasy interweave between Dublin, Wexford, Barcelona and Berlin, Tess and Mungo consummate their love through tales which are exotic and often guilt-ridden, confronting truths about themselves, and restoring the fabric of a torn past.
This novel about love and parenthood, desire and frailty, describes ordinary lives and emotions in an extraordinary way.

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1. Philip Casey » Blog Archive » The Fabulists Screenplay Says:
   March 25th, 2009 at 8:03 pm

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