Danny Boy

by Barry Walsh

The difficulty of maturing in the 60s in not-so-swinging London.

369 pages, Paperback

Published January 5, 2023

About the author

I was born and grew up in central London, and went to school in the East End.

After dropping out of university, I worked at the Mermaid Theatre where a very tolerant Lord Miles allowed me to work in publicity. Later, I left to live in Greece where I’d planned, among other things, to write a novel. I didn't. I subsequently spent a career in corporate communications.

I came late to writing and my first novel, The Pimlico Kid – a story of first love – was published in July 2013 by HarperCollins. My second novel, Danny Boy, publishes on 5 January 2023.

When not writing, I enjoy the theatre, reading, watching Arsenal, being in France, listening to classical music and Neil Young, as well as occasionally looking at Audrey Hepburn’s face.

I’m a proud vice-president of the world’s oldest youth club, St Andrew’s, Westminster and I believe that on a good day London might just be the centre of the universe – and that Pimlico is its finest village. I live with my wife in south west London, and we have two daughters.