The Wall at St. James's

By Robert Mulligan

Dublin, 1911.

Danny Kavanagh knows how to keep his head down. At thirty, the quiet bricklayer has built himself a careful life of work, routine, and solitude. Then Tom Whelan arrives at the Guinness brewery. Warm, restless, and quick with a joke, he takes his place beside Danny on the wall.

What begins as friendship slowly becomes something neither man expected. Over pints after work, long walks through Dublin, and days spent side by side above the brewery yard, Danny begins to imagine a life he had long ago decided was not meant for him.

But affection between two men is dangerous when even a careless word or an unguarded gesture could bring ruin. Danny and Tom must decide how much of themselves they are willing to hide, and whether being safe is enough.

Set among the streets, pubs, churches, and building yards of working-class Dublin, The Wall at St. James's is a quiet historical romance about two ordinary men discovering that love may be possible even when the world gives them no safe place to put it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HGTDB92V
• ISBN13: 9798194848560
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"