The Pear is Ripe: A Memoir - Hardcover

An intriguing charmer, his affability permeates this autobiography....reading The Pear Is Ripe is a mellow experience and mandatory for all investigators and students of the Irish literary community. --The Irish Times

This is a fascinating memoir full of lively, humorous anecdotes and observations on a period of great change and I heartily recommend it as a companion piece to anyone who is a fan of his poetry. --The Irish Mail on Sunday

There is a lot to interpret, to wonder at and to be amused by in The Pear is Ripe. Before it falls, this reader at least hopes there will be another fruit from the tree, pared of its public skin --Irish Independent

In The Pear Is Ripe, poet John Montague recounts the time he spent on the West Coast of the United States, where he was present as the flower-power movement burgeoned; in France, where he witnessed the evenements of May '68 at first hand; and in Cork, where he continued to pursue his career as a poet and academic.