Airbnb has targeted council employees with online adverts. Does that count as lobbying?
“Just because it’s digital, and not over coffee, doesn’t mean it’s not,” says Niamh Kirk, an associate professor at the University of Limerick.
This book of short stories is the work of a seasoned writer, but also one who seems to doubt the value of his craft, our reviewer writes.
The better you get to know a culture, the better you get to know informal ways of communication, the more you realise you’re an outsider.