The Young Wan - Brossura

O'Carroll, Brendan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0452284848 ISBN 13: 9780452284845

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 2004

Riassunto

A prequel to the Agnes Brown trilogy follows Agnes Reddin's 1940s childhood, during which she and best friend Marion Delany survive nun schoolteachers, their first experiences with boys, early jobs, and introductions to the street market trade by a tough ex-con. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

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Praise for The Mammy
"I think Brendan O'Carroll is Agnes Browne, and if he's not, he's done one hell of a job capturing the absolute essence of a widowed mother in working-class Dublin."—Anjelica Huston

"How to lose weight: Read The Mammy. You will laugh your arse off and your tears will do away with your water-retention problem. It is an uproariously funny account of growing up in inner-city Dublin—a laugh-out loud book with a Dickensian twist to it."—Malachy McCourt, author of A Monk Swimming

"Hilarious and irreverent. A must-read."—Gabriel Byrne

Praise for The Chisellers
“A brilliant book.”—Sunday Independent (London)
 
“By turns funny, wise and heartbreaking, this Irish Tales of the City is O'Carroll's second book in his Mrs. Browne trilogy; the first, The Mammy, received high praise after publication in the U.S. last year. Featuring eccentric characters who are charming, irreverent and believable, the story continues in 1973 with Agnes Browne at center stage... This lively novel features a wedding, a funeral and an ending that will melt the hardest heart. Readers will eagerly await the third book in this series.”—Publishers Weekly
 
Praise for The Granny
“O'Carroll is a popular stand-up comic, and he writes with an easy sense of humor... winning and likable.”—Kirkus Reviews
 
"These Dubliners are irresistibly charming... Tales of working-class Irish life now fill bookshelves, but there's space aplenty for O'Carroll's sturdy contribution.”—Publishers Weekly
 
Praise for The Young Wan
"An almost surefire winner... one of those books that demands to be read in one sitting."—The Irish Voice

L'autore:

Brendan O'Carroll, the youngest of eleven children, was born in Stonybatter, a North Dublin neighborhood, in 1955. He is an acclaimed playwright and Ireland's most popular stand-up comedian. The creator of a hugely successful Irish radio show, Mrs. Browne's Boys (the genesis of his novels), O'Carroll is also an actor and has a role in the upcoming film version of Angela's Ashes. All the books in his Mrs. Browne trilogy were #1 bestsellers in his native Ireland. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.

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• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0452284848
• ISBN 13: 9780452284845
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224