Patrick McCabe, whom the San Francisco Chronicle called "one of the most brilliant writers ever to come out of Ireland," presents another...
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Aug 13, 2011
Derek
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This early McCabe work is different from his more recent stuff. Its focus is small-town Ireland, but as a mirror to wider events, from the 1960s onwards. Identities are formed, loyalties defined, dreams shattered. Everyone is damaged, but there is a variety of leading characters that sets this apart from later McCabe works, which tend to inhabit the unhinged minds of a single protagonist.
Dec 13, 2010
William A.
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I enjoyed "Carn" quite a lot. McCabe starts several story threads then weaves them together to tell the story of small town on the northern border of Ireland spanning the 1950s to the 1970s. The characters are well composed, especially the female characters, and the pain and small joys of their mutual existence are carefully crafted, drawing in the reader. In turn, each major character dares to hope for something better than life in Carn, or for a better life in Carn. Fate, however, ha
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Jan 29, 2009
sisterimapoet
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I liked the way this started by flinging you in at the deep end. Each chapter seemed largely unconnected to the one before - feeling almost like a short story collection. Until after a handful of chapters people started to reappear.
A well told tale with a great sense of things coming full circle by the end. Well handled different character types. And a genuine sense of tension as the climax approached.
A well told tale with a great sense of things coming full circle by the end. Well handled different character types. And a genuine sense of tension as the climax approached.
Aug 26, 2008
Does anyone want this? It's fantastic. My friend gave it to me, and I want to pay it forward.
Jun 10, 2010
Barbara
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A harsh book that totally engulfed me while I read it, leaving me as miserable as the characters in the book were.
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