RaveThe Irish Times (IRE)... examination and cross-examination of witnesses given in intriguing and dramatic detail ... The author relies on a wide range of documents, including pamphlets, court reports, the prosecution brief and dozens of Irish and UK newspapers, in what he says is \'intended to be a detailed retelling of a truly tragic story and an attempt to honestly examine an extraordinary chapter in Ireland’s criminal history\'. He succeeds admirably in both endeavours, while honestly acknowledging that \'a key to unlock a more complete truth about what happened\' died in obscurity with William Kirwan.
Adam Kay
PositiveThe Irish Times (IRELAND)Reading this book is going to hurt, but mainly from holding your sides with the laughter it induces ... It might be hard to see the funny side of being covered in a tsunami of body fluids, witnessing (and smelling) the travails of labour and Caesarean sections or retrieving all sorts of strange objects from various orifices, but Kay conveys it humorously in his writing ... But the suffering, loss and sorrow that went with the job are not ignored, or the shortcomings of the system – ridiculous hours and poor pay – that cause so many good doctors to leave.
