The Mammy Paperback - 1999
by Brendan O'Carroll
Popular Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll chronicles with raw humor and great affection the comic misadventures of a large and lively North Dublin family in the 1960s. "The Mammy" is also a film directed by and starring Anjelica Huston, tentatively scheduled for U.S. release in Fall 1999. This title is part of an unnamed trilogy that includes "The Chisellers" and "The Granny".
Summary
Like the novels of Roddy Doyle, The Mammy features 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.
First line
LIKE ALL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, the interior of the public waiting room in the Department of Social Welfare was drab and uninviting.
Details
- Title The Mammy
- Author Brendan O'Carroll
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Plume Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date May 1, 1999
- ISBN 9780452281035 / 0452281032
- Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 8.04 x 5.4 x 0.48 in (20.42 x 13.72 x 1.22 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: Ireland
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Ethnic Orientation: Irish
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Widows
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98050381
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Anjelica Huston
"How to lose weight: Read The Mammy. You will laugh your arse off and your tears will do away with your water-retention problem. It is an uproariously funny account of growing up in inner-city Dublina laugh-out loud book with a Dickensian twist to it."
Malachy McCourt, author of A Monk Swimming
"Hilarious and irreverent. A must-read."
Gabriel Byrne
Citations
- Booklist, 05/01/1999, Page 1578
- Kirkus Reviews, 03/15/1999, Page 402
- Library Journal, 05/01/1999, Page 112
- New York Times, 07/18/1999, Page 19
- Publishers Weekly, 03/08/1999, Page 41
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