Product Description: Journalist Declan Lynch's journey begins with a deposit of 100 in an online betting account, kicking off an honest attempt to explore the mysterious allure of gambling. Braving Paddy Power, the Premiership and Belgian women's tennis tournaments on Eurosport, Lynch's darkly humorous diary entries reveal the strange logic behind the punt—and of course there's always the chance of winning a little free money along the way...read more

Product Description: Lynch is hilarious and penetratingly accurate in this definitive comic guide to Irish life and personalities in the 1990s. He is unsparingly irreverent in his expose of every Irish icon from the Prime Minister to Mother Teresa. Discover why the world's greatest tenor is commemorated by a Chinese takeaway, the importance of nudist beaches, the high life of Gerry Adams, Esq...read more