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a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer

He reveals that it's as much about where we're from and what we do

Joyce draws a realistic and memorable cast of Dubliners together in an powerful exploration of overarching themes

1989, Val McDermid metal or in his wordsIt's 1989 and Allie Burns is back. Older and maybe wiser, she's running the northern news operation of the Sunday Globe, chafing at losing her role in investigative journalism and at the descent into the gutter of the UK tabloid media. But there's plenty to keep her occupied. The year begins with the memorial service to the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, but Allie has barely filed her copy when she stumbles over a story about HIV AIDS