by Michael Collins (Author)
Ambrose Feeney has seen his hopes and ambitions dashed by others' influence and his own inertia. His Limerick is an old siege city of walls, both real and psychological. As Ambrose descends into lunacy he paints a starkly sane portrait of one family's life in an Ireland unsoftened by the mists of legend. The Life and Times of a Teaboy begins with the recollection of a Christmas past and ends with the entrance of the principal character into a lunatic asylum; a crisis in personal growth that mirrors the nation's. 'He is one of the most exciting talents to have emerged not only from Ireland but anywhere in recent decades' The Times
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 01 Jul 1999
ISBN 10: 0753807556
ISBN 13: 9780753807552
Book Overview: An original and wicked first novel set in the post-War years ' by an author shortlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize.