Irish story-telling at its best!

This author is new for me. I found it to be a marvelous tale, keeping the people interesting, the places fascinating and the intrigue excellent.
One of the few Irish tellings not wallowing in self-pity, the "salesman" regales us with his life, his loves, and his hates (Which turn out to be not so far from his loves). I enjoyed the meter of past memories and current events As They unfold, twisting in and around the central desire on the part of the "salesman" for retribution against one of the perpetrators who hospitalize his yougest daughter. Even That turns out differently than he plans.
Truly a great story!