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Tony
Dec 29, 2015 rated it really liked it
This Dublin-set debut combines a reasonably suspenseful plot with an insider's look at the undertaking game. The titular Paddy is a 40-something widower who works as a funeral director for a prestigious funeral home. One evening, he manages to hit and kill the brother of Dublin's crime lord, setting into motion a frenzied series of dire events as he scrambles to avoid detection when he gets asked to handle the funeral arrangements. At the same time, he forms an altogether different connection wi ...more