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A boy grows up in Cahirciveen with dreams of freedom, but has to face the realities of life in Ireland in the 1950s a repressive educational system, limited opportunities and the inevitability of emigration. This first novel brilliantly confronts the themes of youthful alienation, sexuality, sin and guilt. Using a language that is richly evocative and lyrical, Michael Bowler recreates the texture of everyday life in a small town in Kerry and sensitively probes the deepest feelings of adolescence.Michael Bowler was born and reared in Co. Kerry.
Mr. Bowler is a dab hand when it comes to the turn of a phrase, rendering with precision what has been said, just so, while at the same time evoking all that goes without saying."" - NY Times.
""With a lyrical voice recreates adult memories of a magical childhood."" - Publishers Weekly.
Originally 1990.
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