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Condition
Very good: A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious ...
Subject
Memoir
ISBN
9780786884148
EAN
9780786884148
Publication Year
1999
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Monk Swimming : a Memoir
Author
Malachy Mccourt
Features
Reprint
Publisher
Hyperion Press
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Topic
Rich & Famous, Personal Memoirs, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts

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Slapped with a libel suit after an appearance on a talk show, Malachy McCourt crows, "If they could only see me now in the slums of Limerick, a big shot, sued for a million. Bejesus, isn't America a great and wonderful country?" His older brother Frank's Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, Angela's Ashes, took its somber tone from the bleak atmosphere of those slums, while Malachy's boisterous recollections are fueled by his zestful appreciation for the opportunities and oddities of his native land. He and Frank were born in Brooklyn, moved with their parents to Ireland as children, then returned to the States as adults. This book covers the decade 1952-63, when Malachy roistered across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, but spent most of his time in New York City. There his ready wit and quick tongue won him an acting job with the Irish Players, a semiregular stint on The Tonight Show hosted by Jack Paar, and friendships with some well-heeled, well-born types who shared his fondness for saloon life and bankrolled him in an East Side saloon that may have been the first singles bar. He chronicles those events--and many others--with back-slapping bonhomie. Although McCourt acknowledges the personal demons that pursued him from his poverty-stricken childhood and destroyed his first marriage, this is on the whole an exuberant autobiography that pays tribute to the joys of a freewheeling life.

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Publisher
Hyperion Press
ISBN-10
0786884142
ISBN-13
9780786884148
eBay Product ID (ePID)
606128

Product Key Features

Book Title
Monk Swimming : a Memoir
Topic
Rich & Famous, Personal Memoirs, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year
1999
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Author
Malachy Mccourt
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.8in.
Item Length
8in.
Item Width
5.2in.
Item Weight
10.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN
97-046720
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Age Range
18
Dewey Decimal
974.7
Edition Description
Reprint
Lc Classification Number
F128.9.I6
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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  • by uladhulaidultan
    08 Feb, 2016

    A Monk Swimming Indeed

    At first when reading this memoir by Malachy McCourt it was kind of hard to follow because he sometimes used some type of slang i didnt understand. Once I got used to some of the words he was using the book became understandable and I found it quite humerous. Not All of the book is in chronological order seeing as how he cuts in certain parts from his childhood but most of the book was about his adult life in America. If you are looking for something along the lines of Angelas Ashes or Tis by Frank McCourt this is definitely not your book.

  • by Z19wUpmyQJq@Deleted
    13 Nov, 2010

    A Monk Swimming

    This is a marvelously written and very entertaining book. McCourt writes with a particularly Irish flair about his life which is part tragic, part outrageous, and often hilarious. I bought it to share with others.

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