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McCourt, Malachy A Monk Swimming: A Memoir
Hyperion Books 1998 0786863986 / 9780786863983 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine
Price inside dustcover: $23.95 - Stated First Edition - In 1952, travelling steerage, Malachy McCourt left a childhood of poverty in Limerick, Ireland, heading for the promise of America. This is the story of what he brought with him, and what he thought he left behind. Armed with savage humor and a gift for storytelling, fueled by rage and the desire never to go hungry again, he ran from memories of a drunken, vanished father and the humiliations of Angela, his mother. He arrived in a New York reminiscent of a Damon Runyon saga - a dark, glittering place, with saloons on every corner, and a new story waiting every night. Larger than life, a world-class drinker, McCourt carved out a place for himself: in the saloons, as the first celebrity bartender, mixing with socialites, writers, and movie stars; on stage, performing the works of James Joyce and Brendan Behan; and on television, where the tales he spun made him a Tonight Show regular. He had money and women and, eventually, children of his own; and that's when he found he had not left his memories as far behind as he had thought. From the notorious Tombs prison of New York City, to poolside arrests in Beverly Hills; in the company of gold-smugglers in Zurich and whores in Calcutta; from Paris, to Rome, and to Limerick once more, McCourt fled again, until he had no choice but to stop and turn and face his past.
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McCourt, Malachy Singing My Him Song
Perennial 2001 0060955481 / 9780060955489 Trade Paperback Near-Fine
Near-fine condition. Remainder mark on bottom - NO clippings. Covers are bright and clean (NO tears). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. 242 pages. Synopsis "Read it and weep: They don't make lives like this anymore," hailed the Irish Voice of A Monk Swimming. Indeed, that exuberant self-portrait, which overflowed with both hilarious and bittersweet anecdotes, paid tribute to the joys of a freewheeling life—and made Malachy McCourt one of the world's most irresistible rascals. When we last saw Malachy McCourt in 1963, he was lost, his family gone, his life in chaos. In Singing My Him Song, Malachy shares his new adventures and a career that took him to radio, television, movies, and politics. He meets Diana, the woman who has remained his wife and partner to this day. He battles and ultimately triumphs over the bottle. He explores a spirituality that leads him to become a real father and a real son; he was there for his children as they grew, and he was there for his mother, Angela, in her final days, in a way he couldn't have been before. And he confronts his own mortality when he is diagnosed with cancer in 1998. Darkly comic with his ever-inventive use of language, Singing My Him Song rounds out an uncommon life of "a master raconteur" (Houston Chronicle). USA Today ...I found the audio version of Malachy McCourt's subsequent Singing My Him Song to be wonderful. Biography Malachy McCourt, sixty-nine, is the father of five children, and the grandfather of three. He lives with his wife, Diana, in New York City.
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