Prestige Drama

<B>''A comedy about tragedy. Séamas O''Reilly has written a brutal, profound, and very funny novel'' </B>NINA STIBBE<BR><BR><I><B>''Prestige Drama</B></I><B> is bristlingly funny, richly humane . . . Séamas O''Reilly is a writer with a rare and vital comic gift'' </B>MARK O''CONNELL<BR><BR><B>''Séamas is one of my favourite living writers. Honestly - there is nobody else who could write a book like this about tragedy, loss and who gets to tell a story, with such deft and moving wit''</B> EVA WISEMAN<BR><BR>Derry is already abuzz with news that famous American actor, Monica Logue, has flown to the city and will be starring in a new series set during the Troubles. And then she goes missing . . .<BR><BR>All eyes are on Diarmuid, the flaky scriptwriter who was the last to see Monica alive. From budding young actors hoping for a role to grieving parent whose story forms the backbone of the narrative; newspaper editors covering the mystery to taxi drivers hearing all the news from their clients, <I>Prestige Drama </I>follows the city''s cast as they all try to locate themselves in Monica''s disappearance. <BR><BR>Séamas O''Reilly''s debut novel is a comedy about dramatising tragedy, and the responsibilities of a teller to a tale. It brings to life the voices of a city, the people, families and communities who find themselves obsessed with, and terrified of, interrogating their past.