Irish Fiction, Family & Friendship - Fiction, Phases of Life - Fiction
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Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
O'Brien's 1961 novel is a sober but satirical tale about two Irish orphans growing up at the turn of the century amid the squalor of working-class Dublin. (Mar.)Library Journal
Critics have placed O'Brien in the upper echelon of Irish novelsts. This 1961 comic novel relates the lives of two orphaned Dublin brothers sent to live with their fiery uncle. ``The conversation is a delight,'' said LJ 's reviewer, ``it seems no Irishman can be dull when talking--and the atmosphere of a lower-middle-class family, with its cheerless, shabby, restricted way of life, is well done'' ( LJ 5/15/62). For all fiction collections.Book Details
Published
December 31, 1994
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Pages
179
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781564780423