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This starts off in the fictional West Limerick town of Ballybeag in 1962, seven teenage pals from St. Jude's secondary school embark on an unexpected adventure that has far reaching life long consequences for them all. Action and adventure with a twist of science fiction for good measure. A gripping tale that explores the meaning of life, the strangeness of time, true friendship, human failure and international culture as seen through Irish eyes.
What fate awaits Sean Murphy (16) the son of a draper, Seamus Power (17) the son of a doctor, Terry Mulcahy (16) the son of a labourer, Rory Hume (17) the son of a butcher, Joe McBride (17) the son of a creamery worker, and the McNaughton brothers Shane (17) and Liam (16), whose father is a cobbler.
DRAMATIC - INSIGHTFUL - WARM - WISE
( I wrote the first draft of this in the first lockdown of 2020, and I was lucky enough to be working at the time too, so this became a very busy time for me. I had the idea for a month or so, and then on a late night walk with my son, I ran the story past him in about ten minutes, and he excitedly responded saying " Dad, you have got to write it " , and I did. I think I was influenced by my disappointment and frustration with global politics since 2016, and the fact that as a world we aren't quite where I thought we would be, from my perspective as a child growing up in the 80s, who witnessed events like LIVE AID, the fall of the Berlin wall and the nuclear agreements between Gorbachev and Reagan. To a lesser degree, I was influenced by my secondary school, I went to St. Itas.There are so many wild stories that I and others have of our time there which I could never publicly repeat, but I must admit that when I was describing the architecture of St. Judes in the book, I was reminiscing about St. Itas. Stories are very interesting and I recall in national school, way back, all the teachers told us stories, but the first teacher I can remember doing this was the wonderful Noreen Heverin. At secondary school, I had some fascinating teachers, but in general terms the teacher that had the greatest impact on me there was Vincent Hanley, he is a tremendous human. I had him for Rugby, Religion and English. Obviously I never played Rugby for Ireland and I think it is probably beyond me now. I was never going to be a priest, and I think this is still the case, but I have a pair of novels, so his investment in me wasn't wasted after all, 'One out of three ain't bad'. The humour of my other novel HELLO LARRY BARRY is part of my personality, but I think THE JUDE CREW ties into my values. Some of my readers have said that in places, TJC has a feel of Mark Twain about it, others have said that parts of it remind them of a Martin Scorsese movie, others a Steven Spielberg movie, with nearly all saying that if it were ever made into a movie, that they could see Tom Hanks or Morgan Freeman in the lead role. I can see where they are coming from. Anyway, that’s all for now, thanks for your time, thanks for purchasing the novel, I hope you enjoy it. Best wishes and keep well, Keith. )
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