This was in a box of books from that yardsale I didn't mean to stop at and came home with 7 boxes of books. I just LOVE this title and thought it would make a great bookring since I haven't read it yet. From the back cover:
The wealthy, eccentric keeper of Dublin's famed Marsh's Library, Brian Herrick was a man unhealthily obsessed - with the writings of master 19th-century Irish satirist Jonathan Swift...and with pleasures of a more licentious nature. And now he has fallen victim to is own excesses - his final naked debauch and murder by poison painfully preserved on videotape. Even the normally unruffled Chief Superintendent Peter McGarr is shocked by the shameless predeath activities of this golden-curled misanthrope. And with forgery, pornography and rare book theft thrown into the mix, the question becomes not so much who wanted Herrick dead - but rather who got to him first.

Bookring......
Please make a journal entry when you receive the book. I will plot the book's travels so everyone knows where it is at all times. When you are done and ready to move it on to the next participant, PM the next person for his/her address. Any questions, PM me. And lastly, enjoy the book.
And the line-up is:
1. Mundoo - Australia
2. Puppymummy - Australia
3. Soraidh - Missouri
4. JesseBC - Illinois (asked to be skipped)
5. Jendudley - Texas <---book is here
6. Back home to Sissyrun in California

What a surprise. This book arrived today. I am first on the ring and didn't realise it.

I don't normally read mystery books so it took me a while to 'get into'
this book. I found the descriptions a bit 'flowery' at the beginning and I
did get confused as to the characters for a lot of the book as they are
intermingled with each other. I did guess the murderer about half-way
through (process of elimination) and was right. The Jonathon Swift
references went over me as I am not a fan of his and didn't even like
Gulliver's Travels.
A light read once I knuckled down to read the book.

Sent onto puppymummy.

Arrived safely in Melbourne. I love crime and mystery, and I really want to bump this one up to the top of mt TBR but I do have a few other rings here that need to be read first. However, I will get onto this soon - housework? What's that again?

I really enjoyed this! I didn't pick the killer, but then I never do. The literary references were kind of interesting, although I am not familiar with Swift's writing so I had to work out what he seemed to be going on about - who knows, I could be completely wrong.
I will keep an eye out for more books by this author, I found the writing style excellent.

Released on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at Post Office in Melbourne, Australia Controlled Releases.

On the way to the US.

It's arrived! Okay, it arrived a good bit ago and I swore I registered but apparently I didn't. I'll take it to work with me tonight and see if I can get into it; if not I'll send it on ASAP.

Gave it a try. I was actually reading journal articles instead of this. JesseBC asked to be skipped so I'm sending it off to Jendudley on Monday or Tuesday.

I caught it! WOO hOO!! Seeing the mixed reviews, I am anxious to start it!

Will be sending this on it's merry way Friday. Thanks for sharing and sorry to have kept the book for so long.