Notes from a ComaBy: Mike McCormack Series: Canons After suffering a catastrophic breakdown, J. J. O'Malley volunteers for a government project exploring the possibility of using coma as a means to keep prisoners under control. Floating in a maintained coma on a prison ship off the west coast of Ireland, his coma goes viral and the nation turns to watch. Brilliantly imagined and artfully constructed merging science fiction with an affectionate portrait of small town