The Life And Times Of A Tea Boy
$17.50
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 October 1999
Summary
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 perso…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753807552 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753807556 |
| Author: | Michael Collins |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Phoenix |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 1999 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
Michael Collins
Michael Collins was born in 1964 in Limerick, Ireland. He is the author of six novels and two collections of short stories. His work has garnered numerous awards, including a Pushcart Award for Best American Short Stories and The Kerry Ingredients Irish Novel of the Year, along with being shortlisted for The Booker Prize and IMPAC Prize. Collins is also an extreme athlete and has won The Last Marathon in the Antarctic and set a record time in winning both The Himalayan 100 Mile Stage Race and The Everest Challenge Marathon. He is currently training for The North Pole Marathon in 2006.
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