The Medusa Fora

AINEEN : I also read two of Malachy McCourts books(Franks brother) "A Monk Swimming" and "Singing my him song"--both which i really didnt enjoy much. his life was much different than Franks here in America

welsh rover wrote:

Eric V wrote:Borstal Boy -- Behan

moi aussi! A New Year's resolution (again) to be more well read (and seeing as I dreamt I met with him, I thought I'd better read some of his stuff)!

Yeah... believe it or not, I figured if he gave Shane such great advice in his sleep, and if Philip has inspired me to dance up and down the streets of New York , I'd better read some as well. And though I'm only a hundred pages in, it has reminded me what good writing is and why I enjoyed reading so much before my kid was born and I stopped.

carmens827 wrote:AINEEN : I also read two of Malachy McCourts books(Franks brother) "A Monk Swimming" and "Singing my him song"--both which i really didnt enjoy much. his life was much different than Franks here in America

I find all the McCourts insufferably smug. All the same, everything I've read about Teacher Man suggests that Frank's real vocation was/is as an educator in the realm of Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society, so that looks like it's worth a read.

Lazarus Syndrome: Burial Alive and Other Horrors of the Undead
aside from pages and pages of medical information its ok.

DaveG wrote:George Best and 21 others - Colin Schindler

That's a terrific book. I've enjoyed his other books too in spite / because of his United hating. I never thought I'd read and enjoy a book about the Summerbee family

Currently reading "Skels " by Maggie Dubris
It a book about a Paramedic in NY . a supriseingly good read.


My brother bought me "Teacher Man " for Christmas so that is likely to be next. (He is a teacher himself ). I have read the two McCourts brothers previous books , but enjoyed Malachys best.

soulfinger wrote:

DaveG wrote:George Best and 21 others - Colin Schindler

That's a terrific book. I've enjoyed his other books too in spite / because of his United hating. I never thought I'd read and enjoy a book about the Summerbee family

got that one for Christmas - I was initially attracted because of the United hating but the second book on the Summerbees is excellent (though shame he didn't have a bit more inside information about Nicky to really bring home the contrast between the generations).

(Up the 'Pool!)

Eric V wrote:

welsh rover wrote:

Eric V wrote:Borstal Boy -- Behan

moi aussi! A New Year's resolution (again) to be more well read (and seeing as I dreamt I met with him, I thought I'd better read some of his stuff)!

Yeah... believe it or not, I figured if he gave Shane such great advice in his sleep, and if Philip has inspired me to dance up and down the streets of New York , I'd better read some as well. And though I'm only a hundred pages in, it has reminded me what good writing is and why I enjoyed reading so much before my kid was born and I stopped.

I agree that it is very captivating. Do you or anyone else have any recommendations for which Behan work(s) to go on to next?

Confessions of an Irish Rebel, Welsh Rover.



The Public World of Parable Jones - Dominic Behan

Memoirs of an Irish Troubador - Liam Clancy

Paddy Rolling Clone wrote:Confessions of an Irish Rebel, Welsh Rover.



The Public World of Parable Jones - Dominic Behan

Memoirs of an Irish Troubador - Liam Clancy

cheers PRC

the sequel that he dictated!

The Big Fellow - Michael Collins and the Irish Revolution by Frank O'Connor

carmens827 wrote:AINEEN : I also read two of Malachy McCourts books(Franks brother) "A Monk Swimming" and "Singing my him song"--both which i really didnt enjoy much. his life was much different than Franks here in America

I agree. I read A Monk Swimming, and apart from enjoying the title, I thought the rest was merely riding on his big brother's coat tails..

Now rotating from "The Da Vinci Code," to "Zagat Survey Of Times Square."

Scoring at Half time by George Best

and

I am about 2/3 of the way throught the Sharpe series of books. Not bad for pulp

Just finished Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World by Mikhail Gorbachev. This book was interesting, makes you wonder what would have happened if Gorbachevs politics and theories had gotten a chance.