Gabriel Duffy

Who was Gabriel Duffy?

Gabriel Patrick Duffy was an author and philosopher born in Dublin, Ireland, and is best known for his autobiography, Sham to Rock. Duffy emigrated to London in 1963, where he worked as an accountant. He then worked in recruitment, subsequently establishing and building up Gabriel Duffy, which in the 1980s became a well known and successful financial recruitment consultancy. When, as a result of the recession in the early 1990s, the business hit difficulties, he turned full-time to his great love, writing. He has two daughters and was friendly with the novelist Colin Wilson. Duffy died of peritonitis in his Brighton flat in early December, 2008.