The Bump On Brannigan's Head: A Novel

The Bump on Brannigan's Head, released twenty-two years after Connolly's best-selling Mr. Blue, relates the story of Whittiersville's change. Tom Brannigan, the bold, noisy character, is not a probable candidate for sainthood. However, a collision with his garage door forces Brannigan to confront one of the Gospel's most difficult challenges: love your enemies. Brannigan discovers that he must approach everyday interactions with a new heart, treating his noisy neighbours with kindness, forgiving those who have wronged him, and spreading the Gospel to his fellow citizens. Stephen Mirarchi expertly analyses the novel's literary structure, discusses its critical reception, and describes its place in the canon of great literature, as he did with Connolly's Mr. Blue and Dan England and the Noonday Devil.

“In the Brannigan home on Orchard Street, the sound of Brannigan’s voice raised in argument could be heard, but, Brannigan being Brannigan, there was no reason to consider this anything unusual…”