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One of the very best memoirs ive read.
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The story is a great, engaging storing but its the words that make it worth reading. The descriptions are not patronizing nor do they drone on endlessly. He strings together words in a unique manner and rhythm so as to put you right there in the middle of his world. When he describes his first time getting drunk, you start to feel a bit drunk...
4.5 - having lived in nyc and spending many hours in select Irish bars in queens - ergo beyond formats - I can relate to this story and the characters - and that is what sticks with me - the characters - uncle Charlie fuckembabe Joey d cager smelly bob the cop - I see them in my memories of years spent in similar places - an education for the young while at the same time a refuge for their elders
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One of the best books I've read in the last few years. This is not quite as good as Angela's Ashes, but very similar ... lousy childhood, humorous outlook. Love it. I wish I knew more about the 10 years he didn't describe and whether he ever married and had kids, but otherwise, love the story telling about his childhood. It is interesting how his perspective changes as he ages and I just cried when he got into Yale. Excellent passages and perspective on getting out and moving on and very good explanation of how your past kind of keeps its claws in you -- very hard to escape.