Colm Tobin

Colm Tobin is an Irish author and humorist. Surviving Ireland is his affectionate and hilarious guide to the quirks, contradictions and endearing absurdities of Irish life. The book covers everything from the weather and the pub to the complexities of Irish family dynamics and social customs, all observed with the sharp eye and warm heart of someone who loves his country while finding it completely baffling. Tobin's writing is in the great Irish tradition of finding the profound in the mundane and the hilarious in the everyday. Surviving Ireland appeals to Irish readers who will recognise themselves on every page and to non-Irish readers who want to understand what makes Ireland and its people so uniquely wonderful and maddening. Available as both a book and an audiobook, Surviving Ireland offers laugh-out-loud listening and reading for anyone who loves Ireland, Irish humour and the art of observational comedy at its warmest and sharpest.