Harvest of Chains
A philosophical narrative around the issues of art, integrity and respectability.
This picture, sedate and wild in turns, owes as much (probably even more) to the life-long influence of the great Irish writers such as Joyce, Yeats, Synge, O'Flaherty and others, as it does to my 7-month sojourn in Dublin, August 1970-February 1971.
Most resemblances to persons, living or dead, are no doubt intentional. All resemblances to events come with a low probability. As for places, it's pot-luck.
The links to each chapter of Harvest of Chains (.doc format) are compiled at
The Eiffel Tower Gang
The headquarters of the Eiffel Tower Gang are in Taiwan, where a factory operates around the clock manufacturing contraband miniature Eiffel Tower souvenirs. This has all but destroyed the tourist trade in these items. At the same time, contraband monosodium glutamate is manufactured in a clandestine factory in Vichy which is smuggled back into Taiwan and China.
Stopping the Gang's activities becomes a matter of national honor, and the world-renowned Chief Inspector Guy de Migraine of the DST (The French FBI) is given the job.
What follows is unadulterated farce, played out in cafes, restaurants, dives, Metro stations, train stations, embassies, cinemas and the headquarters of the DST, the DSGE, and other subdivisions of the French police.
The Eiffel Tower Gang (.doc format)
The Eiffel Tower Gang (.pdf format)
Table of Contents and .pdf format