This edition of Dublin Express was a special Kickstarter limited edition Colin Bateman produced himself. [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/856843652/get-on-board-the-dublin-express]

My favorites of the bunch were the title story, “Dublin Express,” “The Case of Mrs. Geary’s Leather Trousers,” which was the start of Colin Bateman’s novel _Mystery Man_, and the screenplay, “National Anthem.” They’re very typical Bateman humor, very dark, and filled with entertaining characters. Not characters you’d necessarily want to give a hug, but ones you wouldn’t mind sharing a beer with, though possibly from across the room.

The play, particularly, contains the sort of spectacularly hapless characters who attempt to wrestle some control and decorum into their lives, but, due to circumstances and conspiracies beyond their ken, they fail in an entertaining fashion. They’re the sort of characters Colin Bateman excels at writing and make for a great read.