A Monk Swimming A Memoir

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ISBN13: 9780786884148
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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 large shot, sued for 1,000,000. Bejesus, is not The us 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, at the same time as Malachy’s boisterous recollections are fueled by his zestful appreciation for the opportunities and oddities of his place of origin.

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 able 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 lots of others–with back-slapping bonhomie.

Even if McCourt acknowledges the personal demons that pursued him from his poverty-stricken childhood and destroyed his first marriage, this is at the whole an exuberant autobiography that pays tribute to the joys of a freewheeling life.
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 large shot, sued for 1,000,000. Bejesus, is not The us 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, at the same time as Malachy’s boisterous recollections are fueled by his zestful appreciation for the opportunities and oddities of his place of origin. 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 able wit and quick tongue won him an acting job with the Irish Players, a semiregular stint at 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 lots of others–with back-slapping bonhomie. Even if McCourt acknowledges the personal demons that pursued him from his poverty-stricken childhood and destroyed his first marriage, this is at the whole an exuberant autobiography that pays tribute to the joys of a freewheeling life.
ISBN13: 9780786884148
Condition: New
Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!

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