With O'Leary in the Grave

This hilarious, poignant autobiography of a childhood and young manhood in England, Ireland, and Canada during the early part of this century takes place in country mansions, schools both loved and despised, Irish farms, the invoice department of a London importing firm, and the Canadian prairie, where FitzGerald fled to show his father he could survive on his own. Detailing a son's struggles with his charismatic, infuriating father, the story is told with eloquent good humor and plenty of just-believable anecdotes.