An only child [antikvár]

An Only Child This is an enthralling and entrancing story of an Irish childhood and youth, from Frank O'Connor's birth in 1903 to the time of his release from imprisonment as a revolutionary at the age of twenty. Crowded with wonderfully authentic portraits of fa^cinating characters, it distills the very essence of Ireland and Irish life. O'Connor's drunken, tyrannical but soft-hearted father, his mother, tiny, wise and serene, his colourful porter-drinking peasant grandmother ... these and many others spring to life from the pages, makingy4n Only Child a sheer delight. The cover photograph shows a view of Cork as seenfrom Audley Place, St Patrick's Hill