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A Single Headstrong Heart
Kevin Myers
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Description for A Single Headstrong Heart
Hardcover. A memoir like no other, passionate, intelligent and revealing of both the age and the individual. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136. .
Very funny, quirky and touching, A Single Headstrong Heart describes in a first-person narrative the author's childhood up to the early years of his career as a journalist and his departure from University College Dublin in the late 1960s. The grotesque humour is reminiscent of Road Dahl. Recollections retain an authentic childlike sense of galloping self-importance, but in an adult re-casting. Ostensibly chronological, what emerges as the main narrative arc is the author's relationship with his father, and how information found after the father's death reshapes his memories. Related with Rabelasian verve, this work, a prequel to the bestselling 'Watching ... Read more
Very funny, quirky and touching, A Single Headstrong Heart describes in a first-person narrative the author's childhood up to the early years of his career as a journalist and his departure from University College Dublin in the late 1960s. The grotesque humour is reminiscent of Road Dahl. Recollections retain an authentic childlike sense of galloping self-importance, but in an adult re-casting. Ostensibly chronological, what emerges as the main narrative arc is the author's relationship with his father, and how information found after the father's death reshapes his memories. Related with Rabelasian verve, this work, a prequel to the bestselling 'Watching ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd Dublin
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781843514107
SKU
V9781843514107
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About Kevin Myers
Kevin Myers is one of Ireland's leading journalists and author of 'Watching the Door' (Lilliput, 2006) and 'More Myers' (Lilliput, 2007). War reporter, autobiographer, historian, novelist, he is a master of genre.
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