In this third and funniest ( so far) installment of the series, Gerald Hansen literally takes his feuding Floods and Barnetts out of Derry and to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. In fact, they are all out to sea in every way possible - and going global to match their growing and worldwide fan base. They belong to all of us now!
Hansen immediately signals this expansion of the cultural arena with a clever exchange of colors for the cover of his third book in the Flood saga. it's possible to draw a strong parallel between the most recent development of the rolling feud ignited by Fionnuala Flood's pathological envy of her American brother-in-law's win on the Irish Lotto - and the evolution of the flags used to demonstrate political and religious allegiances by the people of Northern Ireland. Gone, for now, are the colors of the Irish Tricolor: Green representing the Gaelic tradition of Ireland; Orange representing the Irish followers of William of Orange; White representing the hope for peace between the factions. For even before the Queen of Crabs transports the Irish characters far away from Derry, Hansen replaces the familiar colors with the red, white and blue of both the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes. The author, who spent many years in his mother's native Northern Ireland (and later in Dublin), appears to have internalized all of the flags used by different sectarian groups in the troubled province. And this is now reflected in the colors he chooses for the designs of the books in his Flood series. We "fansens" all know of Fionnuala's hilarious obsession with all things Titanic. So we can easily appreciate illustrator Hyejong Park's comically Titanic-esque representation of the floating rust-bucket location of Econolux's "Titanic Centennial Memorial Cruise." Just take a few minutes to consider the cover of Fleeing The Jurisdiction - after checking out the history and pictures of Irish flags!
I thoroughly enjoyed this latest black comedy. Hansen again makes us laugh aloud, squirm, wince and groan at the antics of his colorful characters. He picks out the essence of each of them and does with words what the most brilliant cartoonists do with carefully selected features and a few lines with a pen. The characters make us react because they are exaggerated and recognizable. He shows us that we can admit there are toxic people in our midst and that sometimes they are our relatives, neighbors, workmates or employer/ees. He makes us laugh even as he acknowledges how people like Fionnuala manipulate, contaminate and wreck the lives of the unfortunates who have to deal with them. For there is something wrong with awful Fionnuala. She is a maternal narcissist and sociopath. Luckily, as we groan about her weird thinking and dreadful behavior we are comforted that she is - probably - worse by far than any of us!
I can't wait to buy book 4!
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The Derry Women Series
Inspired by real events, the Derry Women Series starts with a bang in An Embarrassment of Riches, with a lottery win that pits one half of the family against the other. For those who like their humor dark.
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CSM
A very well written comedy. A refreshing style that could almost make you smell the characters. Will definitely give this author another try.
Reviewed in Canada on December 4, 2020
A. M. Young
You have to like this authors sense of humour
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2021
