The Good Son
A Irish Literature, Fiction, Cultural book. I didn't just read this novel, I inhabited it. I was lying on a sunbed...
Winner of The Polari PrizeChosen for World Book Night 2017Chosen as City Reads Brighton 2016Shortlisted for The Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2016Finalist for The People's Book Prize 2016Shortlisted for The Guardian's Not The Booker Prize 2015ELLE Magazine Best Books of 2015Irish Independent Books of the YearWales Arts Review Best of 2015 The Reading Agency Staff Picks Best of 2015Gransnet Christmas Pick 2015Book of The Month: The Tablet, BBC Radio, Ulster TatlerLonglisted for the Waverton Good Read AwardMickey Donnelly is smart, which isn’t a good thing in his part of town. Despite having a dog called Killer and being in love with the girl next door, everyone calls...
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Thanks to the Irish Times for choosing this for their book of the month, thus calling my attention to it. Apparently Paul McVeigh, was inspired to write this after seeing a picture of a bombed out shell of a building in Syria, reminding him of life in Belfast during the Troubles. Mickey Donnelly, his narrator/hero, is spending his summer... I didn't just read this novel, I inhabited it. I was lying on a sunbed in the Greek Island of Skopelos at the time, but I was totally transported by this skilful author to the Belfast of the Troubles. I really cared about the young protagonist, Mickey, and shared his joy and tears. For me, fiction became a reality that mattered to me.... [This review should be read in the context of the Guardian NOT THE BOOKER comments thread]Comparisons are odorous. I'm in the fortunate position of having not read 'Paddy Clarke ha ha ha', so I was able to come to The Good Son on its own terms, and found it delightful.I was initially worried that the strongly accented narrative, or...
