In his third novel, bestselling author Des Kennedy introduces us to expatriate Irish Patrick Gallagher, an accomplished but eccentric breederof prized roses who reluctantly returns to Ireland as a celebrity host leading a tour of Irish gardens. But this is no merry ramble through a Celtic Disneyland, as Gallagher is soon confronted with the consequences ofhis own storytelling and with the deceptions and betrayals that led to his having fled Ireland in the first place.Inspired in part by his own upbringing in an Irish Catholic family, and from his experiences as a gardener and leading tours of Irish gardens, Des has written a haunting and elegant tale. Sprinkled with stories of old Ireland and spiced with descriptions of fine gardens and horticultural gossip, Climbing Patricks Mountain embraces the contradictory but inseparable twins ofthe Irish sensibility: grand humour in the face of ultimate tragedy.