Book review: Uncle Jack by Peter Somerville-Large

Peter Somerville-Large is a friend and contemporary of the late William Trevor, and attended the same school, St Columba’s College, before going to Trinity College Dublin.

And like his friend, he has had an unconventional life, and after working in Afghanistan, he became a travel writer. Later he wrote about his home territory, Co Cork, in his classic, The Coast of West Cork, and other much-loved books.

Uncle Jack is his second comic novel and has every bit as much verve and invention as his debut, Mixed Blessings.