Here is the great Irish novel of Berlin, way back before the Wall came down. Dallan Weaver, a writer and professor who's been f ted and flattered but has seen better days, has come to the great divided city as a guest of DILDO (Deutsche-Internationale Literatur-Dienst Organization). On arriving, Weaver's life immediately begins to fall apart. Women fight over him. He is not always in the soberest state of mind. Moving from relatively conventional...