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And he spends his days refereeing rows about everything everyone has failed to agree for about 800 years, as well as absurd new suggestions – like conjuring a capital city that nobody actually wants. In Westmeath. Nothing is too crazy to be proposed, nor too sensible to be rejected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiach can feel the hand of history upon his shoulder. He suspects it may soon throttle him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet, against his better judgement — and all available evidence — a dangerous thought takes hold. 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It is funny, sharp, super-smart and thoughtful.’ \u003cb\u003eEmily Hourican\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Pure farce … funny and scabrous’ \u003cb\u003eSeamus O’Reilly, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Hilarious’\u003cb\u003e RTÉ Guide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Very funny … comic but deeply insightful’ \u003cb\u003eMatt Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A great read’ \u003cb\u003eHugh Linehan, \u003ci\u003eInside Politics podcast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘It was well worth dividing Ireland in the first place for this brilliant book.’ \u003cb\u003eDeclan Lynch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Properly hilarious’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Expertly mines the North's sectarian granite to produce a masterpiece of fact and hilarity. 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