The Irish are renowned for their gift of exploiting the written word. And having grown up in Ireland, Joe Dunne has certainly inherited the craft of storytelling. In his charming novel, Old Dogs And Leprechauns, he has skillfully combined reality with fantasy in a most and entertaining way. Joe has skillfully taken dialog, description and an enchanting storyline and combined them into a tale so touching that you will be moved to tears. Yet the book is delightfully charming and funny with a magical twist. We found it to be everything a good book should be, lovable characters, an old fashioned read, yet intriguing from page to page, brilliant in it s simplicity and originality, pure entertainment with a great ending. From Chapter 7 Tommy put his arm around her, It s okay mam, we put up a good fight. He said smiling through his pain as she hugged him. Tommy may have had a hard life at home but this woman loved him dearly. He flinched in pain as she held him too tight, her face looked like she had aged ten years. From Chapter 9 Do you think we ll be struck down in fire and brimstone and scream and scald in the fires of hell for all eternity then? He asked as he took another mouthful. Tommy was quick to dispel his fears. Not at all boy, not at all. Sure we don t die until we re old men and by then we ll have turned to religion and we can atone for our sins and pray all day and night like old people do. Then we ll repent and beg for forgiveness, they all do it boy God would never send an old man to hell, eat up now. For more samples visit www.fadreen.com"