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McCoubrey (häftad, eng)
Drab, bleak Portadown, 1971, where Catholics are kept in their place, seen through the eyes of innocent, bright, mischievous and droll Ba...
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Drab, bleak Portadown, 1971, where Catholics are kept in their place, seen through the eyes of innocent, bright, mischievous and droll Barry-Joe McCoubrey, on the cusp of his teens reflecting on his own life, his family, his troubled neighbourhood—and girls.
Popular with his schoolmates, Barry-Joe also has broody insular tendencies and spends a lot of time analysing both others and the growing conflict spreading from Belfast and Derry to his home town of Portadown, including the Garvaghy Road and the Tunnel areas.
Barry-Joe shares a surname with Larry McCoubrey, a well-loved BBC newsreader, famous for his end-of-programme cheesy quips and jokes.
Larry’s jokes lead to banter and slagging from Barry-Joe’s classmates. However, Larry also must report increasingly bad news and we see how Barry-Joe empathises with his namesake in this task.
This is a hilarious and immensely moving coming-of-age novel from Mark B McCaffery.
Format | Häftad |
Omfång | 180 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Elsinor Verlag e.K. |
Utgivningsdatum | 2024-04-27 |
ISBN | 9783949573040 |
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- Häftad, 180, Engelska, Elsinor Verlag e.K., 2024-04-27, 9783949573040
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