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Funny and touching, with some funny touching...
A splendid debut novel from Kevin Maher, the unlikely and skilfully drawn hero of which is teenage Dubliner, Jim Finnegan. Full of energy and laughter and ... READ MORE
A fresh new voice from Ireland
So far life has been good to 13 year old Jim Finnegan, growing up outside Dublin amidst his large family in a close-knit community. However, it is the 1980... READ MORE
One to watch
This is a great first novel from a really promising new author. The charming and endearing main character Jim Finnegan is what makes this novel so engrossi... READ MORE
An excellent début.
This is both very funny and yet very dark. It explores some very difficult and complex issues surrounding sexuality, the transition into adulthood, abuse, ... READ MORE
Publisher information
- Publisher: F. A. Thorpe (Publishers)
- ISBN: 9781444817003
- Number of pages: 504
- Dimensions: 235 x 150 x 4 mm
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Having been sent quite a few books over the Christmas period to review, most of which I did not enjoy and some unreadable, I embarked on this book with som... READ MORE
A Hard Read
I found the book extremely hard to read, the issues raised around about coming of age in Ireland were initially treated with sympathy and the viewpoint of ... READ MORE
Sparky debut, but with darkness
This book is terribly difficult to categorise. It leaps between something hilarious and wickedly observant, and something unsettlingly dark, and I’m not su... READ MORE
Very nice ending!
After the first 6 or 7 chapters I thought this book was a fair bit dull in that it was reading like any other book you may come across about growing up in ... READ MORE
Unusual
The story is of a teenage boy growing up in 80's Dublin with dire consequences when his mother forces him to be an altar boy and the randy Father takes a f... READ MORE
The Fields
Considering it's very dark content, there was a delightful thread of humour running through the entire story, mostly due to the fact that despite going thr... READ MORE
Sparky debut, but with darkness
This book is terribly difficult to categorise. It leaps between something hilarious and wickedly observant, and something unsettlingly dark, and I’m not su... READ MORE