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An Béal Bocht - The Poor Mouth relates the story of one Bonaparte O'Coonassa, born in a cabin in a fictitious village called Corkadoragha in western Ireland equally renowned for its beauty and the abject poverty of its residents. Potatoes constitute the basis of his family's daily fare, and they share both bed and board with the sheep and pigs. A scathing satire on the Irish, this work brought down on the author's head the full wrath of those who saw themselves as the custodians of Irish language and tradition when it was first published as Gaeilge in 1941 .
This PB 1992 edition from Mercier Press retains the artwork of the first edition, by Seán ó Suilleabháin.
Light tanning to the page block, spine not creased, no other marks, inscriptions or underlining.
