The Polyphonic Ringtones of the Damned

by Alan Walsh

This is an Irish novel about a drunken little monkey. Madness, Paranoia, isolation, hot-desking. Welcome to the world of Moonbeam, a chain smoking, alcoholic Irish, Capuchin monkey trying to make it as a Web Designer in a London filled with souls drained of all life and love.

Apparently hounded by a saboteur intent on ruining the little chance he has with life, though this may well be a drink and insomnia addled delusion, Moonbeam struggles through in the world of men and women. A world of work, disappointment, the clock, the bar and the bedroom. His little heart is filled with fire, for people, for his destiny, but these are grand dreams for a little Capuchin in a pork pie hat with a hangover.

We travel with him from London to Italy in search of his dreams. Can it be that pure furious courage is all it takes?

316 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 29, 2012

About the author

I was born in Dublin and studied art in IADT. I left Ireland after graduating and lived in Italy for a few years, teaching and writing. After that I moved to London and returned here in 2010.

I've had stories published in The Moth, The Bohemyth, Outburst and Wordlegs and non fiction articles in Magill Magazine, Film Ireland and Three Monkeys.

My novel, Sour, is available now on amazon