A Man With One of Those Faces (Dublin Trilogy publication order, #1; Dublin Trilogy chronological order, #6)

by Caimh McDonnell

Right after the bit where they explained that, surprisingly for a man born in the Middle East, Jesus was a white dude.

His breath was putrid, as if whatever was rotting his insides away was bubbling up, coming to consume them both.

He’d let his anger consume him for seven years until it had burned everything else away. The world had moved on and he’d stayed still, not living, just surviving.

The man’s arse reeked like something had crawled up there and died a slow and painful death by cabbage.