The Talk of the Town
by Ardal O'Hanlon | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0340693096 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0340693096 Global Overview for this book
1 journaler for this copy...
"Patrick Scully is special. At least, he was as a child - talented at school and on the football field. In awe of his father, all he ever wanted was to follow him into the guards. But now his father is dead, school's over and Scully is stuck in a dead-end job in Dublin. Unable to articulate his bitterness and mounting rage, the only way to turn is in..."
'A kind of cross between The Diary of Adrian Mole and The Butcher Boy. He is extremely funny on the rituals and frustrations of small-town life and the nuances of adolescent embarrassment.' The Observer
'(With) its vicious humour, small-town melodrama and, in its depiction of the descent into adulthood in the sticky discos and student pubs of 1983, The Talk Of The Town is a corrosively funny riot of skinny ties and Soft Cell.' The Face
On my TBR pile but available to the right person :o)
'A kind of cross between The Diary of Adrian Mole and The Butcher Boy. He is extremely funny on the rituals and frustrations of small-town life and the nuances of adolescent embarrassment.' The Observer
'(With) its vicious humour, small-town melodrama and, in its depiction of the descent into adulthood in the sticky discos and student pubs of 1983, The Talk Of The Town is a corrosively funny riot of skinny ties and Soft Cell.' The Face
On my TBR pile but available to the right person :o)
