false <![CDATA[A Son Called Gabriel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181440412m/1153389.jpg 1153389 5 Set in the hills of Northern Ireland in the 1960s and 70s, A SON CALLED GABRIEL is a deeply felt and often funny coming-of-age novel that is ultimately unforgettable. <P>Gabriel Harkin, the eldest of four children in a working-class family, struggles through a loving yet often brutal childhood. It's a turbulent time in Ulster, and in the staunchly Catholic community to which Gabriel belongs, the strict rules for belief and behavior are clear. As Gabriel begins to suspect that he's not like other boys, he tries desperately to lock away his feelings, and his fears. But secrets have a way of being discovered, and Gabriel learns that his might not be the only ones in the Harkin family.... <P>Evoking a sense of time and place as compelling as ANGELA'S ASHES and AT SWIM, TWO BOYS, Damian McNicholl's A SON CALLED GABRIEL announces the arrival of a striking new literary voice. 1140876 15 6 2004 A Son Called Gabriel total:48|5:14|4:17|3:11|2:5|1:1| 48 182 80 7 0 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1909 Fri Oct 30 12:32:51 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 13:12:59 -0700 2009 A Son Called Gabriel
I would recommend this book to people who want to understand more of what happened during this time period. I think the author wrote this to enlighten the reader of the life’s of everyday Irish people and the hardships some endu...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 16 12:34:09 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 12:34:19 -0700 2008 About a third of the way through Damian McNicholl’s debut novel, his chief protagonist seems to have his prayers answered, and I did too, for it was then that the novel finally got hold of me an kept me with it to the end. The first third unfairly dallied that it would be a run-of-the-mill d...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 15 05:59:59 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 14:16:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Dec 27 19:27:57 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 19:27:57 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 10:19:02 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 08:18:14 -0700 2008
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