Michael Moynihan: Personal taste is neither consistent nor logical

Lampooning a certain strand of artistic discourse is just another way to shoot fish in a barrel

(Left to right) Holly Donnacliffe, Megan Buckley, and Laura Sullivan at the unveiling of a new sculpture on Cornmarket Street in Cork City, Urban Mirror by Plattenbaustudio. Picture: Clare Keogh

Last week in this corner of the newspaper I began with Paul Lynch, winner of the Booker Prize.

I was remarking on Lynch’s perspicacity with his vision of a fascist Ireland in his novel, Prophet Song, given the recent street violence in Dublin. Recognising the achievement. Saluting the winner. You know the drill.