May You Die in Ireland Author:Michael Kenyon William Foley, an easy-going math professor at a Midwestern university, finds himself off to Ireland, thanks to a castle bequeathed to him in a will. It all seems so straightforward, until Foley becomes the unwitting courier of microfilm for a scientific scheme, with a dose of espionage perpetrated by secret agents -- or are they double agents? ... more »After he crosses paths with spies, thugs and a bonny Irish lass named Mary, Foley enlists the help of his best friend Oscar Hensen, a former solder turned chemistry professor.
The endearing Foley, an overweight, nearsighted couch potato with asthma, manages to get beaten up, turn the tables on a young punk and learns he has a knack for thinking on the fly, which includes lying through his teeth and even stealing a bike when he needs to.« less