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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. A biting satire of Irish middle-class life, at once funny and sad, in a heartless and ruthless way that Joyce could never manage. If this book has any sort of weakness at all, it’s that far too much of it is given over to the theological arguments of the Uncle and the German Jesuit Father Fahrt. Even with this weakness—or perhaps because of it—The Hard Life is both intelligent and hugely funny. (  ) cornerhouse | May 11, 2009 |  Crazy Irish humor, with lots of drinking, mayhem, and a trip to Rome with Father Fahrt. We must take O'Brien's word for it that "all the persons in this book are real and none is fictitious even in part". Makifat | Jan 21, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0330248006, Paperback)Subtitled "An Exegesis of Squalor," The Hard Life is a sober farce from a master of Irish comic fiction. Set in Dublin at the turn of the century, the novel does involve squalor--illness, alcoholism, unemployment, bodily functions, crime, illicit sex--but also investigates such diverse topics as Church history, tightrope walking, and the pressing need for public toilets for ladies. The Hard Life is straight-faced entertainment that conceals in laughter its own devious and wicked satire by one of the best known Irish writers of the 20th century.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:18 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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