Leaning on gates
O'Rourke, Seamus2024
Books, Manuscripts
Aimsigh é!
This innocent Leitrim lad finally flees the nest, briefly sampling life in New York, Dublin and London - before inevitably returning to his beloved, duller than dishwater existence at home - a life which now includes alcohol, Doctor Hook and some low-budget romance. But man does not live on romance alone and Seamus needs to get to the bottom of his general uselessness, spurred on as always by his ever-the-realist father, who prophesised his mediocrity from an early age. Seamus continues to underachieve whilst struggling to interpret his auld lad's advice and watered-down compliments - 'You weren't as bad as I often saw ya', 'They must be badly stuck, if they asked you', and the classic 'What kind of an eejit are ya?' - all while capturing the innocence and the absurdity of rural life in 1980s and 1990s Ireland.
Príomhtheideal:
Leaning on gates / Seamus O'Rourke.
Údar:
O'Rourke, Seamus, author
Inphrionta:
Dublin : Gill Books, 2024.
Leathanaigh in ord:
xii, 324 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781804580370 (pbk)
Rangúchán Dewey:
792.7028092792792.702792.7028920/O'RO920ORO920.O'ROU920 O'ROU920/ORO920 ORO920 O'RO929.2 ORo792.7028 Page TurnersIR 792.7028941.76920/ORO?941.76 Bookclub Collection920.O'RO941.7608941.760824
I dteanga:
English
Réimse:
BRN:
3407376