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When two young boys, Finbarr and Manus, are tragically orphaned, the strange and eccentric Mr Collopy takes them under his wing and into his household. While Collopy is engaged in mysterious humanitarian work on behalf of local women, the boys grow up – in the odour of good whiskey and bad cooking.
Surprisingly, Manus proves to be a master of business. From teaching people to walk the tightrope by correspondence course and running the very successful Excelsior Turf Bureau and Zenith school of Journalism, Manus graduates to enlightening the world in more ambitious ways at his ‘London University Academy’. Finbarr, the youngest, watches and waits ...
“Mr Collopy presides over his house in Dublin, drinking whiskey and discussing the state of the world. Revelling in circular argument, in extravagant statement, his whole life is a celebration of the glory of talk. 'The Hard Life' is like a party, a boisterous one at which Irishmen meet fortuitously and rejoice in their wit.”
THE TIMES
“O’Brien’s gifts are startling. He has the outstanding Irish genius for describing the human animal and an extraordinary freedom of the English language. A tale of inspired eccentricity.”
OBSERVER
Also available in Flamingo: 'The Third Policeman, The Poor Mouth, The Dalkey Archive, The Best of Myles' and 'Myles Away from Dublin'.
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Buchbeschreibung Paperback. Zustand: Good. From the author of "The Poor Mouth" and "The Third Policeman", comes this novel about how two orphaned boys come to live in the household of the disputatious Mr. Collopy. While he is engaged in humanitarian work on behalf of women, the boys grow up in the odour of good whiskey and bad cooking. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Artikel-Nr. GOR000923154
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