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The Comedian

Paperback • 2000 • English

The Comedian

By Joseph O'Connor

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About the book

"From a prolific Irish author with insight into modern male behavior, a story of childhood that is both funny and sad. It is 1975 in a small town near Dublin. Starsky and Hutch rule the television screen, and, in Northern Ireland, bombs are going off. It is a heady time for a boy whose life is about to change. His father is by day a delivery man for a bakery. Das dream, however, is to be a comedian, a stage performer, a star. Who can predict what will happen to this simple family when fame knock...Show more

Afrofuturism / Black Speculative fiction

Book details

ISBN

9781902602370

Publisher

New Island

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

The Comedian

Format

Paperback

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