Agnes Browne

ISBN-13: 9780452281691 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 176 str.

Brendan O'Carroll

Opis

Now a major motion picture starringAnjelica Huston
"Mammy" is what Irish children call their mothers andThe Mammyis Agnes Browne a widow struggling to raise seven children in a North Dublin neighborhood in the 1960s. Popular Irish comedianBrendan O'Carrollchronicles the comic misadventures of this large and lively family with raw humor and great affection. Forced to be mother, father, and referee to her battling clan, the ever-resourceful Agnes Browne occasionally finds a spare moment to trade gossip and quips with her best pal Marion Monks (alias "The Kaiser") and even finds herself pursued by the amorous Frenchman who runs the local pizza parlor.
Like the novels of Roddy Doyle, The Mammyfeatures pitch-perfect dialogue, lightning wit, and a host of colorful characters. Earthy and exuberant, the novel brilliantly captures the brash energy and cheerful irreverence of working-class Irish life."