John Gregory Dunne's book began as an introduction to a collection of essays, but as he began writing, his brother died a suicide and the death seemed to work as a trigger for so many of the things that followed. This is an autobiography, a travel book and an account of being a writer.
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Dunne identifies four stages of the Irish-American experience: immigrant, outcast, assimilated, deracinated. By the end of what PW termed "this mordant, defiant, raunchy, sarcastic memoir--a mix of self-revelation, travel sketches, ruminations," Dunne is proudly searching for his great-grandfather's identity in the parish records of an Irish village.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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