Author: Mannix Flynn
Edition: 1st Paperback
Release Date: 01-12-1983
Details: In this fast-moving first novel, a young Irish writer tells of a crowded inner-city Dublin childhood, where the family is a closely woven web of love and conflict, and childish play merges easily into street crime, bringing down savage retribution from the law. Then, with uncompromising directness, the novel describes the traumas of life in a lonely West of Ireland reform school, the pain and joy of growing towards manhood, the struggle for identity in an alien environment. Although it is harrowing and shocking in parts, here is no political tract against a brutal system, but a heartfelt poetic evocation of human experience. Making no concessions to middle-class concern or condescension, Mannix Flynn writes in a style devoid of self-pity and frequently enlivened by frankly hilarious powers of observation. Authentic atmosphere and brilliant characterization contribute to a major imaginative achievement. Here is an exciting literary talent
EAN: 9780907085522
Languages: english
Binding: Paperback
Item Condition: UsedVeryGood