An astronomer challenges an emperor. A hunter pursuesthe last dinosaur through a remote rainforest. A young Kerrymanemigrates to the Moon to seek his fortune. The fifteen darkly funny stories in this book illuminatea side of Irish literary history that is often overlooked. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the winds of change camerushing in Ireland’s direction. Science and technologywould transform everything: life, love, death, crime, war,and even history itself.