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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I loved the book but i didn't understand why it had to have so much alcohol in it and why when he was in india why he compared to ireland in how it was owned by britain  bigtex12345 | Apr 29, 2009 |  McCourt writes a great book about an Irish immigrant that comes to america to find a job and ends up running errands in India!!! It is filled to the brim with all kinds of humor from in your face to ironic humor, which by the way is the best kind of humor in this book. I say if you if youv'e wondered about the book then you should read it. Like all Irish books it has a lot of drinking (  )1  2pak4life | Apr 25, 2009 | Malachy McCourt tells his story in a much different tone of voice than his older brother. Like Frank, he raises a smile in his readers but it's a cheeky one. Not as easy to feel sorry for his sufferings, products of self inflicted drunken antics, yet this for me, lends his tale no less relevance in the chronicling of the McCourt family history. Concentrating on his adult life, this is an interesting insight into the aftermath of a destructive childhood. Sadly for many the result of which, is a descent into alcoholism. Told with humor and not many traces of self-pity. Most importantly it made me laugh out loud, which I always appreciate. Many years since I read it, but still have a lingering affection for this and his other work 'Singing My Him Song', also recommended. (  ) aannttiiiittnnaa | Feb 23, 2008 | This is the memoirs of the larger than life, hard-drinking Malachy McCourt. Born in America, rasied in Ireland and then back to New York as an teen. He made a name for himself in New York city as the first celebrity bartender. He was a social mixer, a writer, an actor of stage and screen. His gift for blarney made him a regular on the Tonight Show. This book is darkly funny. And a bit raw in places, so be warned. But he does tell his story with passion, wit, irreverence and charm. (  )1 mramos | Jan 29, 2008 | Funny as all hell, especially because most of it's probably true. The drinking got to be bit much. I hope he's changed since then. (  ) ragwaine | Dec 19, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0786884142, Paperback)Slapped with a libel suit after an appearance on a talk show, Malachy McCourt crows, "If they could only see me now in the slums of Limerick, a big shot, sued for a million. Bejesus, isn't America a great and wonderful country?" His older brother Frank's Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, Angela's Ashes, took its somber tone from the bleak atmosphere of those slums, while Malachy's boisterous recollections are fueled by his zestful appreciation for the opportunities and oddities of his native land. He and Frank were born in Brooklyn, moved with their parents to Ireland as children, then returned to the States as adults. This book covers the decade 1952-63, when Malachy roistered across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, but spent most of his time in New York City. There his ready wit and quick tongue won him an acting job with the Irish Players, a semiregular stint on the Tonight show hosted by Jack Paar, and friendships with some well-heeled, well-born types who shared his fondness for saloon life and bankrolled him in an East Side saloon that may have been the first singles bar. He chronicles those events--and many others--with back-slapping bonhomie. Although McCourt acknowledges the personal demons that pursued him from his poverty-stricken childhood and destroyed his first marriage, this is on the whole an exuberant autobiography that pays tribute to the joys of a freewheeling life.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:03 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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