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- Book Synopsis
- Drab, bleak Portadown, 1971, where Catholics are kept in their place, seen through the eyes of innocent, bright, mischievous and droll Barry-Joe McCoubrey, on the cusp of his teens reflecting on his own life, his family, his troubled neighbourhood**x2014;and girls. Popular with his schoolmates, Barry-Joe also has broody insular tendencies and spends a lot of time analysing both others and the growing conflict spreading from Belfast and Derry to his home town of Portadown, including the Garvaghy Road and the Tunnel areas. Barry-Joe shares a surname with Larry McCoubrey, a well-loved BBC newsreader, famous for his end-of-programme cheesy quips and jokes. Larry's jokes lead to banter and slagging from Barry-Joe's classmates. However, Larry also must report increasingly bad news and we see how Barry-Joe empathises with his namesake in this task. This is a hilarious and immensely moving coming-of-age novel from Mark B. McCaffery.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9783949573040
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Greenisland Press, (27 April 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 180
- Weight
- 266 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 136 x 15 mm
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