Always Tell Lies

Dermot Healy
Parnell Square

Acclaimed Irish author Dermot Healy talks about teenage life in Dublin - working as a barman, drinking and dances, and the whirling strange mess of the city. He reads a piece, abridged, from 'The Bend for Home', an autobiographical account based on his early diaries.

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More about Dermot Healy

Dermot Healy is a novelist, poet and playwright from Finea, Co. Westmeath. He is the acclaimed author of 'The Bend for Home' 'Goat Song', 'Sudden Times' and most recently 'Long Time No See'. His work is a delight that everyone should check out - imaginative, tough, tender and powerful - he's carved out an incredible body of work. For more info, check out this interview about his latest book: http://guardian.co.uk/books/2011/…