At the start of the book, I was reminiscent of Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs”. I thought it would be a lighthearted coming of age story of a young boy – Jim would be similar to Eugene and I’d just swap a Brooklyn backdrop with Ireland. Weeeeeeeellllll, mayhaps I should begin reading book ja...
It is about a boy named Jim Finnegan who lives in Southern Ireland in the mid eighties and comes from a large family of sisters. Being “typically” Irish, the book contains God, the IRA and sexual abuse by a priest. I have yet to read an upbeat book set in Ireland without misery and looming bleakness...
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