Murphy

Description:

"The syndrome known as life is too diffuse to admit of palliation. For every symptom that is eased, another is made worse. The horse leech's daughter is a closed system. Her quantum of wantum cannot vary."

subjects: Work,  Prostitutes,  Mental illness,  City life,  Being

People: Murphy,  Neary,  Wylie,  Cooper,  Celia,  Miss Counihan,  Ticklepenny,  Mr. Kelly,  Endon

Places: Dublin,  London

Times: 1935