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Book by Jamie O'Neill
- Sales Rank: #12356467 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Scribner
- Published on: 2001
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Perfect Paperback
- Used Book in Good Condition
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Wow -- A Banquet of Words and Passion
By Montana Mackay
I had no idea what I was getting into with this book. It was shown in a Goodreads list of historical fiction (my favorite genre) so I picked it up. Primarily, it is about two young men during the time of Ireland's Easter Rebellion. The first fifty or so pages were thick with dialect and somewhat choppy, POV-driven narrative. I worried that I would never pick up the rhythm. As different characters were introduced and relationships began to develop, Jamie O'Neill's facility with language (English, Latin, French) became intoxicating. The sexual tension among the three main male characters fascinated me. I have never read a book about gay men before, so this was a baptism. I felt immersed in it, dashed with the cold sea water in which the two younger boys swam. I read with fascination as they discovered how different they were from everyone else--and yet how much they identified with everyone Irish. The character of the dominant father, Jim Mack, was a little bit too pathetic for me, but the whole story was loaded with pathos, so it was all right. I thought the climax of the story was well done -- I was expecting a horrendous bloodbath, and while it was tragic, it was not brutal, ridiculous, or sensational. Overall, it was a lyrical, graceful story, full of the passion that is Ireland, really beautiful in sections, and it gave me a comprehension I had previously lacked.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
a love story at its core
By Alicja Z.
At its core, this is a love story. Two 16 year old boys, a college boy, Jim Mack and a laborer, Doyler Doyle, make a pact to practice swimming for a year so on Easter of 1916 (unknowingly to them a time of the Easter Rising and Irish rebellion), they will swim to a beacon of Muglins Rock. As their friendship develops, so do other, deeper feelings. But it is also much more than a love story. Mr. Mack, Jim's father, is a corner shopkeep who has dreams of going up in society. He also has a history (military and broken friendship) with Doyler's father. Eve MacMurrough is a woman ahead of her time, tough and revolutionary. Anthony MacMurrough is a deviant who doesn't have a purpose in life. Their stories, and that of so many more characters, collide when Irish nationalism, sexual orientation, Catholic guilt, alcoholism, class identity, socialism, wars, unwed pregnancy, unionism, and loyalty push and pull them in directions they couldn't imagine.
I read this book twice. At first, I thought I was going to give up because of the language. It is a hard read, the author writes in first person, stream of consciousness and uses an Irish dialect and slang. But the more I read, the easier it became (also one of the reasons I re-read it, I missed so much at first before I became used to the writing). The author weaves so much into the story, rich with symbolism and foreshadowing, that every single word on the page matters. The language transformed me into the moment, as if what I was reading on the page was actually happening around me, his use of imagery was vivid and alive. The author also weaves story lines like an expert (and tackles many really hard topics), the fully formed characters with their own motivations and flaws interact with each other and the world at large while being pushed and pulled in unexpected ways. Some of the characters are even predatory or cruel, but have redeeming qualities which adds to their realism. This book also made me cry, the harshness of life during that era is a constant presence throughout the story. This isn't a read for everyone, it is difficult and requires patience, but for those that can persevere, it is a gem, a literary work that is completely beautiful and moving while being gritty and realistic. And the love story between Jim and Doyler is so innocent and awkward and moving, I fell in love with the boys myself.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
stunning
By Mr. D. P. Jay
Our group voted this our favourite book of the year.
There's a good description of place and time and where else would there be lulls in fighting for the Angelus?
Doyler watching Jim undress says he is scrawny and nerves `make him poke up'. Water tracked the hair of his legs, he had a lithe and tanned body and calls Jim a little molly. `A chuck on the chin is worth two kisses, they say'
The chaplain speaks of the horned beast, `direct not you eyes at naked flesh...a standing dick has no conscience.'
Scrotes brought MacMurrough's shaft to his lips, `like egg gone off'. Congratulate yourself on ability to prostitute them but are ashamed of the desire. The carpenter talks about comrade love.
MacMurrough `they undress with their tail to you and flourish manhood at the end, not realising you're as keen on their behind as their front.' The monks police friendship and effect sexual abandon - instead of fumbling with love we fumble in the dark. The joy of knees touching.
Kettle talks of Roger Casement, the Irish protestant, tempting us to become traitors. Parnell and Wilde were the two great scandals of the age, both Irish.
Jim's father was notorious for never inquiring directions.
Jim's brother tells him it is OK as he has seen all in the army and that it is `going without that will drive you doolally'
Jim goes to confession but the priest assumes it is a girl and the `he' is someone who organised it so Jim assumes it is the worst sin as it is not known about - a thorn in Our Lady's heart.
Father Taylor speaks of `Wild Geese who choose to serve in exile than suffer the alien yoke at home'. Wilde's speech from the dock defied to the heavens - eulogium, on illicit live that dare not speak its name
Aunt Eva says that the English behaved unforgivably with that man. He had wife and children and was not just single issue. As for that other buffoom Queensbury......
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