Book review: Down and out in Donegal and New York — a forgotten victim of greed

'The Many Murders of Michael Malloy' was first published in the USA over 20 years ago. It has all the ingredients of a black comedy, except for the fact that it is a true story

Simon Read succinctly sums up Malloy’s life in one line: “He arrived in obscurity and lived in anonymity.”

• The Many Murders of Michael Malloy: The unbelievable true story of the Irishman who refused to die.
• Simon Read 
• Gill Books, €18.99