Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Mercier Press
ISBN: 9781856353441
Category : Humorous stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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There are more shades to John B. Keane's humour than there are colours in the rainbow. Compassion, shrewdness and a glorious sense of fun and roguery are evident in this collection, which brings together all John B's short stories. Included are gems such as A Hanging and Guaranteed Pure.
Author: John B. Keane
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Author: John B Keane
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781170144
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages :
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Classic pieces from the much loved John B. which represent the distillation of the experience of a funny, witty, wise and passionate observer of the bright tapestry of Irish life. This is a collection to prize. All human life is here, and Keane tells its story in an astonishing procession of remarkable characters and in rare humorous glimpses of his own career. There are more shades to John B. Keane's humour than there are colours in the rainbow. Compassion, shrewdness and a glorious sense of fun and roguery are evident in this collection, which brings together John B. Keane's tales. A fitting tribute to John B. Keane, for decades Ireland's favourite storyteller, this winning short story collection typifies the late author's folkloric imagination and storytelling arts.
Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Running Press Adult
ISBN: 0786748990
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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A fitting tribute to John B. Keane, for decades Ireland's favorite storyteller, this winning short story collection typifies the late author's folkloric imagination and storytelling arts. These are congenial tales, too, as this literary legend views the foibles and fallibilities of Irish country folk with abundant compassion as well as a shrewd, sometimes sardonic eye. Add to that Keane's glorious sense of fun and roguery that will make readers relish all the more how and why, in "Fred Rimble," Jim Conlon kills the best friend he ever had. Or how Willie Ramley determines that his future wife will be "Guaranteed Pure." Or how, to tragic as well as comic effect, a gasp, garlic, and gossip undo Denny Bruder in "The Hanging." In all, Keane uncovers the folly in the romantic pangs, exalted aspirations, misguided mischief, and everyday shortcomings of the characters in the village of his storyteller's mind-and beyond the folly finds their humanity.
Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Irish Amer Book Company
ISBN: 9780853428190
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781856351560
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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The humorous words of John B. Keane live on in Celebrated Letters of John B. Keane, More Celebrated Letters, The Best of John B. Keane and The Short Stories of John B. Keane.
Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
ISBN: 1781170177
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
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Sive is a young and beautiful orphan who lives with her uncle Mike, his wife Mena and his mother Nanna. A local matchmaker, Thomasheen Seán Rua, wants Sive to marry an old man called Sean Dóta. Thomasheen convinces Mike and Mena to organise the marriage. They will receive a sum of two hundred pounds as soon as she marries him. However, Sive is in love with a young man, Liam Scuab. But Liam is not suitable and is refused permission to marry Sive. Sive is distraught but is forced to do the will of her uncle and his bitter wife. Faced with an unthinkable future she takes the only choice left to her. Set against the harsh poverty and difficult times of 1950s Ireland, Sive caused considerable controversy on its debut in February 1959. Since then it has become an established part of Ireland's theatrical canon.
Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Roberts Rinehart International
ISBN: 9781570980701
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Keane, famous for his clear-sighted and humorous tales about his native land, writes with what Booklist has called the grace and fine ear for the Irish dialect that we expect. In this collection of his fiction, Keane reveals the qualities that have made him an Irish literary legend.
Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Mercier Press
ISBN: 9781856353212
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The best and most humorous lines in all John B. Keane's writings, selected by himself and presented in convenient small format. The book includes the classics: 'A play about sex in Ireland is always ahead of its time.''He thought felo de se was a chap from Ballybunion.''The secret of sex is not to take it seriously.''Marriage is a long, difficult confrontation with short outbreaks of peace.'
Author: Billy Keane
Publisher: Liberties Press
ISBN: 190971819X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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"Even though I wished it was me she was married to, I was still hoping Mo would be happy ever after with Dermo Olsen. That was until the violence started. I loved her that much. Can you believe that?" Welcome to an unnamed town in the southwest of Ireland, where Mo and G have what could loosely be described as a dysfunctional relationship. Between the sex (real and imagined), beatings (very real), and pining after Mo (very, very real), there's barely time for G to figure out how to escape his arch-enemies, the Olsens - or their bloodthirsty Dobermans - for good. G is plagued by nightmares, and sometimes tries to do the right thing. Very occasionally, he succeeds. In The Ballad of Mo and G, Billy Keane tackles lives lived on the edge with a sharp yet compassionate eye, and a biting black humour. An assured report from Ireland's dark, post-boom underbelly by a supremely talented storyteller.
