{"product_id":"dark-cloud-over-muckish-paul-odonaghue-9781068480409","title":"Dark Cloud Over Muckish: A story about family, identity and loss set amidst the hills of Donegal","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Glaswegian Paul O'Donaghue ends up in lockdown after travelling to a small village on the north coast of Donegal for his mother's funeral, he's not unduly worried. After all, Mullaghbeg, with its green fields, rugged Atlantic coastline and a plethora of childhood memories, waiting to be unlocked, provides the perfect antidote to the doom and gloom of an outside world ravaged mercilessly by the Covid pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Paul soon discovers that life in his rural haven is not all about coastal walks and afternoons devoted to watching \u003cem\u003eA Place in the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e. When not feuding with his land-grabbing neighbour, or being interrogated by the Gardai, he's worrying about the contents of the holdall he has stashed under his bed, and the prospect of a hitman appearing any minute at his front door. In the interim, he finds himself negotiating a world populated by an assortment of quirky characters, where eccentricity and the unorthodox become his 'new normal'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 400 km road trip in a hearse, however, was not something he had envisaged!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul O'Donaghue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1068480408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781068480409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.56d","brand":"Paul O'Donaghue","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440539316479,"sku":"9781068480409","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_534ed8c9-8603-4be5-b7ef-1923829bbe7f.jpg?v=1777183106","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dark-cloud-over-muckish-paul-odonaghue-9781068480409","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}