Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Jamie O'Neill

Born: 1962 (age 63)
Bio: Jamie O'Neill is an Irish author. His critically acclaimed novel, At Swim, Two Boys, earned him the highest advance ever paid for an Irish novel and frequent praise as the natural successor to James Joyce, Flann O'Brien and Samuel Beckett.
Known for:
- At Swim, Two Boys (2001)
- Kilbrack, Or, Who is Nancy Valentine? (1990)
- Disturbance (1989)
- Kilbrack, Or, Who is Nancy Valentine?. (1990)
- Untitled (2004)