The Devil's Diary

by Patrick McGinley

Idealistic love and death, sibling rivalry and obsessive lust are themes familiar to McGinley's work, focusing here on Arty Brennan, who built factories, a supermarket and a noisy motel, trading a spiritually enriching culture for a "hippiedrome" of second-rate 20th century glitter.

Genres: Fiction

254 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Patrick McGinley was born in 1977 in Brussels. He grew up in Munich and studied Film in New York. While working in Germany as a filmmaker, he wrote his first novel ‘Das Bootshaus’. In 2019 he co-wrote the first season of the Mexican smash-hit TV comedy ‘El juego de las llaves’ for Amazon Prime and Pantaya.

He currently lives in Dublin.

(From the author's website)

Reviews

[Tom Romig · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dark, clever, funny, wicked, intelligent: that is, everything you expect from Patrick McKinley. Adding to the enjoyment are deviously subtle observations on the art of the novel itself, with the diary's author unable to predict the actions of his own characters.

[xummie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dnf

[Carole Z · Rating 3 out of 5]

very philosophical for a mystery. although the ending was inevitable, I didn't like it.

[Paul Jellinek · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing is still good, but not as good a story as his other book, Bogmail.