The Black Pool is unlike any memoir I’ve read before. It feels like an experience and look, a lot of it is about addiction so the experience can be rough at times! But I was gripped.

MacGabhann is Irish & bounced around a bit before landing in Mexico. He started off teaching but then moved into crime reporting which sounded horrendous but reading about it was fascinating.

This was so evocative; you can feel Dublin wet & cold, the heat shimmering off the streets in Mexico City. It was also funny! Amidst the turmoil! Which to me is always an impressive feat.

I have loved the author’s fiction & similarly loved this, the writing was truly excellent. It was vulnerable! Depressing! Hopeful! Would really recommend.