The Kid From Coolock
by Denis Byrne
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Pub Date Feb 25 2018 | Archive Date Apr 22 2018
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Description
This book is a satire on those belt-tightening days in Ireland in the fifties.
It's written in a mixture of gangster movie dialogue and magic realism, following Danny’s journey towards enlightenment, a story in which he sees his entire family decimated, his father unable to receive the medical attention he urgently requires, his older brother committing suicide in a prison cell, his younger brother ascending to the heavens in a fiery chariot, and his mother worn out before her time working day and night to try and make ends meet.
The tale is full of black humour, depicting the utter hypocrisy of those in power, and the contempt with which they looked down from their privileged positions as they manipulated the great unwashed, while they themselves lived in luxury on the proceeds of their corruption.
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9780993242571 |
| PRICE | $2.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Clara C, Educator
This is a very entertaining read. It's set in 1950s Dublin when life was hard and working class families suffered working from morning until night to put food on their tables. It's a story told by Danny who watches his family crumble before his eyes. It laments the situation in which he and his family and friends find themselves while the fat cats live off the spoils of their deceit and corruption. Unfortunately times haven't changed too much. The same is visible in 2020 just as it was in 1950. This is a very good read, full of humour and very entertaining, but hard hitting in parts as the author points in the direction of the rich and powerful, the politicians and decision makes, those who fed the rich and blamed the poor for their circumstance. I'd highly recommend this read.
