Aisling Ltd
the debut novel by Seán Harnett
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About the Book
'An exciting read ... How refreshing to read a book about
contemporary Ireland handled with such finesse.'
— Kelly Sullivan, author of Winter Bayou
‘Businessmen are the new revolutionaries’ is the mantra of
Lawrence Cooley, the founder of Dublin-based IT consultancy Aisling
Ltd. When Eoin Cullen is hired to take ownership of Aisling’s
corporate story, he soon finds himself won over by Cooley’s brand of
messianic capitalism. But there’s at least one malcontent in the
ranks who thinks Aisling’s philosophy is ‘f**king new age hoodoo
voodoo’, and Cullen slowly becomes aware that there’s more than
meets the eye to the firm’s office politics.
Aisling Ltd is a must-read for anyone who has ever been tempted
to murder their boss. Written in sparse, sardonic prose, it is also
the first novel to depict the excitement, idealism and hubris that fed
the Celtic Tiger.
'Aisling Ltd offers an enjoyable Irish take on the dotcom
phenomenon, when companies with the most spurious of business plans - or is that Mission Statements - could see their fortunes rise and
rise on expectations alone. The novel is centred around an IT
consultancy company whose core competencies remain as vague as a
corporate keynote speech. Aisling will have anyone who lived
and worked through the late ’90s IT boom guessing which Irish IT
firms appear in disguise, and more to the point, which amalgam of
Irish tech gurus the “Buddha of Irish business” Lawrence Cooley is based upon.'
— Karlin Lillington
About the Author
Seán Harnett was born in Dublin in 1973 but moved
with his family to Tipperary when he was eleven.
After graduating from Dublin City University in 1995 (with a Bachelors Degree in Communication
Studies) he worked for six years as a Webeditor in Dublin and Galway.
He currently lives in Athenry and works for Galway-Mayo
Institute of Technology. Aisling Ltd is his first novel.
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