{"product_id":"9780765338396","title":"The Wily O'Reilly: Irish Country Stories","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wily O'Reilly: Irish Country Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Patrick Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong before Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly made most readers' acquaintance in Patrick Taylor's bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eAn Irish Country Doctor, \u003c\/i\u003ehe appeared in a series of humorous columns originally published in \u003ci\u003eStitches: The Journal of Medical Humour\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThese warm and wryly amusing vignettes provide an early glimpse at the redoubtable Dr. O'Reilly as he tends to the colourful and eccentric residents of Ballybucklebo, a cozy Ulster village nestled in the bygone years of the early sixties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Those seminal columns have been collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Wily O'Reilly: Irish Country Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. In this convenient volume, Patrick Taylor's legions of devoted fans can savor the enchanting origins of the Irish Country series . . . and newcomers to Ballybucklebo can meet O'Reilly for the very first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An ex-Navy boxing champion, classical scholar, crypto-philanthropist, widower, and hard-working general practitioner, Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly is crafty and cantankerous in these charming slices of rural Irish life. Whether he's educating a naive man of the cloth in the facts of life, dealing with chronic hypochondriacs and malingerers, clashing with pigheaded colleagues, or raising a pint in the neighborhood pub, the wily O'Reilly knows a doctor's work is never done, even if some of his \"cures\" can't be found in any medical text!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readers unfamiliar with the good doctor’s personal antics and medical adventures will be delighted to make his acquaintance, and old friends will settle in for a comfortable visit.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort-listed Audie Award Finalist (2015)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765338396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Forge Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40647786758350,"sku":"9780765338396","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_c93839fd-6781-44f9-89b7-a2087093b773.jpg?v=1639188010","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765338396","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}