In this new monograph on the exceptional work of the collaborative duo, Anne Cleary & Denis Connolly, both artists give us insights into the processes of their arts practice.
'The CIA's out to get me!' is every paranoiac's cry, yet Denis Lehane is no madman. He was an Irish award-winning journalist. Yet, in 1984, he refused to work undercover for the CIA and MI5 who, in revenge, spread rumours that he was insane, an alcoholic and a serial rapist who had tried to murder his two girlfriends." -- BOOK JACKET.
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As Jack Cramer sits at his desk in the newsroom one day plodding over routine and boring background material for a story on police corruption, sidebar stuff, he's ordered into the office of the features editor. There he meets a crotchety old lady named Elizabeth Callahan who, through bribery and manipulation, starts him on a quest that will introduce him to the Irish mobs of Boston in 1919, the marijuana trafficking in Northern California, and the IRA in Ireland. His commission, simple at the beginning, is to write a biography of Oliver Callahan, Elizabeth's father; but in his attempt to record the facts of the man's life at the beginning of the century, he begins to uncover remarkable stories about Irish mobs, about famous and infamous people, and about the startling events of the period, all of which eventually lead him to an obscene discovery right out of a Greek tragedy. Despite this discovery, however, he is determined to see Oliver Callahan's story to the end and soon finds himself in a small town in Northern California where he becomes wrapped in the mystery of Callahan's death and a secret involving marijuana trafficking that makes him a threat to the local residents. Along the way he learns that Jarlath Gallagher, Elizabeth's uncle, can help him uncover many of the mysteries, but Jarlath will do so only after he makes Jack promise to find out if his alienated son, who was last seen in Belfast, Ireland, is still alive. In Ireland, Jack is faced with a triple challenge. First, to find out how Elizabeth's mother and sister died; second, to help the nurse Helen Wright discover who her father and mother were; and third, to find Jarlath's son. Incredibly, he discovers all three ofhis challenges will force him into an association with members of the IRA, and a reformed IRA killer: all which lead him into a murderous revenge that lasted thirty years. Frustrated throughout, Jack will occasionally find solace by returning to the one place he calls home, Nuevo Inocentes, where he can reunite with a remarkable young man named Bobby; with Elizabeth Callahan, who has moved there to die; with Clara Steinman, an ancient curmudgeon with a heart of gold; with a strange dog named Alfred; and with the generous Capuchin friars. Finally, in a British prison in Belfast, Ireland, it all comes together, but only because of the intervention of Bobby, the remarkable young man from Nuevo Inocentes. Jack's quest to uncover the mystery of the Callahans and the Gallaghers will take him from Los Angeles to the Santa Ynez Valley, to Northern California, to Boston, to Cork and Dublin and Belfast, Ireland and finally back to the little village he always called home. There he writes the biography of the Callahan family for Elizabeth, the old crone, and then is persuaded to tell the real story to a friend
The chapters published in this volume developed from presentations, and their associated discussions at a conference organised by the Scottish Branch of the British Psychological Society, held at Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland in September 1987. The goal of the conference was to bring together workers across a wide area of neuropsychological research to discuss recent technological advances, developments in assessment and rehabilitation, and to address theoretical issues of current interest. Thus, the chapters in this book include contributions on the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in neuropsychological research, studies of hemi spheric specialisation and cooperation, alcoholic and Alzheimer type dementia, prosopagnosia and facial processing, the assessment, management and rehabilitation of memory problems, the assessment of premorbid intellectual status and issues in developmental neuropsychology. Many of those engaged in research and clinical practice in neuropsychology encounter a range of topic at least as wide as this in their professional lives. The opportunity for researchers and clinicians to discuss some of the key issues in the field was invaluable and we hope that readers gain as much from the material presented here as the participants did from the meeting itself.
In this work, Fr. Fahey explains the rights of Christ the King versus organized naturalism which is counter to Christ's rights. Christians are not only called to be holy and spiritual, but also to transform society according to the rules of God so that Christ reigns not only in heaven, but also in everyday society. Fr. Fahey speaks of the role of the Jews against this rule of Christ the King, explains their role in ancient and modern society, and their conversion to Christ the Messias. Modern society is grossly disordered, as any thinking man will readily acknowledge, and it can only be reconstituted by reestablishing the rule of Christ, and His Church, over all parts of society, from the top down. Though written in 1953 it remains timely because the subject matter remains pertinent to our day and age. Father Fahey is the expert on the rights of Christ in society, and a good place to begin to understand what has happened to our society, why, and the solution.
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