1998, ISBN: 9780786863983

290 Seiten, Sprache: Englisch Hardcover Gut: Bedrag met pen op schutblad In 1952, travelling steerage, Malachy McCourt left a childhood of poverty in Limerick, Ireland, heading for the pr… More...

290 Seiten, Sprache: Englisch Hardcover Gut: Bedrag met pen op schutblad In 1952, travelling steerage, 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. Armed with savage humor and a gift for storytelling, fueled by rage and the desire never to go hungry again, he ran from memories of a drunken, vanished father and the humiliations of Angela, his mother. He arrived in a New York reminiscent of a Damon Runyon saga - a dark, glittering place, with saloons on every corner, and a new story waiting every night. Larger than life, a world-class drinker, McCourt carved out a place for himself: in the saloons, as the first celebrity bartender, mixing with socialites, writers, and movie stars; on stage, performing the works of James Joyce and Brendan Behan; 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. From the notorious Tombs prison of New York City, to poolside arrests in Beverly Hills; in the company of gold-smugglers in Zurich and whores in Calcutta; from Paris, to Rome, and to Limerick once more, McCourt fled again, until he had no choice but to stop and turn and face his past. Versand D: 4,95 EUR , [PU:Hyperion, New York]<

1998, ISBN: 0786863986

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780786863983], [PU: Hyperion, NY 1998], Jacket, Hardcover First Ed., First Printing Biography; Irish Americans; A Memoir. The author who has habitually regurgitated English in glor… More...

[EAN: 9780786863983], [PU: Hyperion, NY 1998], Jacket, Hardcover First Ed., First Printing Biography; Irish Americans; A Memoir. The author who has habitually regurgitated English in glorious colors to his fellow Irishmen and New Yorkers, here makes his vivid, whimsical, raucous, murderous joy and voice available to the rest of us in tales of riot and blurry which build on the story of the McCourts' early life as told in Angela's Ashes by his brother Frank. (290 Pgs.) DJ and Book VVG, Books<

1998, ISBN: 9780786863983

Hyperion, NY, 1998. First Ed., First Printing. Hardcover. Biography; Irish Americans; A Memoir. The author who has habitually regurgitated English in glorious colors to his fellow Irishm… More...

Hyperion, NY, 1998. First Ed., First Printing. Hardcover. Biography; Irish Americans; A Memoir. The author who has habitually regurgitated English in glorious colors to his fellow Irishmen and New Yorkers, here makes his vivid, whimsical, raucous, murderous joy and voice available to the rest of us in tales of riot and blurry which build on the story of the McCourts' early life as told in Angela's Ashes by his brother Frank. (290 Pgs.) DJ and Book VVG, Hyperion, NY, 1998, 0<