Reviews round-up
Prestige Drama
by Séamas O'Reilly
7 of 7 critics positive
7 reviews: 2 raves, 5 positives
What the critics said
“viciously and hilariously astute slice of black Derry satire”
Prestige Drama review: Séamas O’Reilly's viciously and hilariously astute slice of black Derry satire
“brilliant wry comedy of Derry and the shadow of the past”
Prestige Drama by Séamas O’Reilly review – brilliant wry comedy of Derry and the shadow of the past
“is a must-read”
Book Of The Week: Séamas O'Reilly's Prestige Drama is a must-read
“Warm satire on TV melodrama about the Troubles”
Prestige Drama by Séamas O’Reilly: Warm satire on TV melodrama about the Troubles
“a boisterous sendup of “prestige” media and its distortion of Northern Ireland's complex past”
Never Let History Get in the Way of Good TV
“a bitterly funny take on TV’s obsession with the Troubles”
Prestige Drama is a bitterly funny take on TV’s obsession with the Troubles
“disarmingly hilarious”
A ‘disarmingly hilarious’ novel about Troubles tourism in Derry
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