by Brendan O ' Carroll (Author)
The New York Times Book Review praised Brendan O'Carroll's first novel, The Mammy, as Cheerful...as unpretentious and satisfying as a home-cooked meal...with a delicious dessert of an ending. With the forthcoming second book in the trilogy, The Chisellers, and a movie about The Mammy (entitled Agnes Browne) on the horizon, the world is discovering O'Carroll's uniquely Irish blend of warmth and grittiness, comedy and pathos, as he elevates the lives of ordinary working-class Dublin people--and one extraordinary family--into tales that are small in size but epic in emotion. With the final installment, The Granny, our comedic and lovable heroine, Agnes Browne, has a French lover, six children in their twenties--including one in prison--and a wee grandchild of her own. But the world is spinning fast for Agnes--especially considering that her lover wants her to become a sexual animal and that her family's far-flung fortune is beyond her control. The members of the Browne family split up to make it in the world on their own until a tragedy brings the brood back together again--and love keeps them that way forever.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Publisher: Plume Books
Published: Aug 2000
ISBN 10: 0452281849
ISBN 13: 9780452281844
Praise for The Granny
O'Carroll is a popular stand-up comic, and he writes with an easy sense of humor... winning and likable. --Kirkus Reviews
These Dubliners are irresistibly charming... Tales of working-class Irish life now fill bookshelves, but there's space aplenty for O'Carroll's sturdy contribution. --Publishers Weekly
Praise for The Young Wan
An almost surefire winner... one of those books that demands to be read in one sitting. --The Irish Voice