The Supplement

by Michael Mulligan

When Luke Joseph is asked to write his own newspaper column his suspicion is finally greatness awaits him. For too long now his true worth has been kept hidden by the ignorance and apathy of those lucky enough- or otherwise- to know him. All that is set to change. Finally he has found something he might just be able to stick around for. A country boy in love with the city of Dublin, Luke works for a struggling newspaper and lives alone in a shabby bedsit with only a cracked ceiling and the caws of the crows outside for company. Company, though, is nothing more than a distraction for Luke, a distraction from his favourite pastime of pacing back and forth, shaking his pen at an invisible brat and scribbling down his next ground-breaking opinion piece. Determined to distinguish himself, Luke ignores his editor's advice and writes piece after provocative piece in his near hopeless quest for recognition.

214 pages, Paperback

Published March 25, 2010