Biography from Frank McCourt's (Angela's Ashes) younger brother. Not my cup of tea, but it provides another interesting insight into the life of an Irish immigrant to America.

From Amazon:
"In 1952, Malachy McCourt left a childhood of poverty in Limerick, Ireland, heading for the promise of America. This is the story of what he brought with him, and what he thought he left behind.

Larger than life, a world-class drinker, McCourt carved out a place for himself in New York City: in the saloons, as the first celebrity bartender, mixing with socialites, writers, and movie stars, on stage and on television, where the tales he spun made him a Tonight Show regular.

He had money and women and, eventually, children of his own; and that's when he found he had not left his memories as far behind as he had thought. He had no choice but to stop and turn and face his past.

Darkly funny, shockingly raw, and everywhere making the English language do tricks the British never intended, Malachy McCourt, a true original, tells this story with passion, wit, irreverence, and charm."

Released on Thursday, May 27, 2004 at Book Box in n/a, n/a Controlled Releases.

Released into quizgirl's biography bookbox

I have angela's ashes somewhere to read so thought it may be interesting to compare this to it. Taken from biography bookbox

I really enjoyed (if that is the right word) Angela's Ashes but Malachy McCourt's story held little interest for me. He resented his father for leaving and being an alcoholic and yet didn't seem to be able to see that he was no better. His stories all revolve around large amounts of alcohol being consumed and maybe because I have an alcoholic father, I find them boring and lacking the fun that The New York Times quote on the book assures me I'll find.

I loved Angela's Ashes and 'Tis (htough I still haven's gotten beyone 10 mins into film....
Thus, am enjoying hearing from another of the McCourt brothers....
Thanks p-c!!

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I caught this at the Newcastle meet up yesterday to release in the box in the Bayley Room. Enjoy...

This was caught by someone random and not journalled :(

I found this book pretty interesting as a companion/counterpiece to Angela's Ashes and generally quite a darkly amusing look at imigrant life. Which I can't spell. Even though biographies aren't usually my thing I quite enjoyed this book. I have to admit to being the random person who took it from Collingwood, and having recently found it again at the bottom of my geography book box (sorry!) I re-read it - definitely one that improves with re-reading.

CAUGHT IN DURHAM DURHAM ENGLAND

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