Chris Curran grew up in The Liberties, Dublin, during a time of turmoil and transformation. Inner city Dublin communities were ravaged by high unemployment, a heroin epidemic, overshadowed by the conflict in Northern Ireland, and shaped by the dominance of the Catholic Church.
The ‘media sensationalised’ fear of the AIDS crisis terrorised young developing minds, political corruption was rampant, and for gay men, simply existing was a crime in the eyes of the law.
A first-time novelist with a background in IT consulting and software development, Chris has long been an advocate for social change, dedicating most of his career to public service and representation.
Through sensitively crafted scenes, he vividly contrasts the weight of 1980s Irish conservative conditioning with the more liberal Dutch society during a trip to Amsterdam in the early 2000s.
Blending tragedy and humour, he explores the deep-seated inner conflicts this conditioning creates and its lasting impact on some men’s mental health.
PADDYDo we ever know what’s really going on in someone’s head?Based on true events and set in the early 2000s, Paddy is a story about a young man from The Liberties in Dublin suffering with poor mental health, who travels to Amsterdam with his drug-dealing best friend and his anti-drugs activist...
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