| The Mammy Contributor(s): O'Carroll, Brendan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0452281032 ISBN-13: 9780452281035 Publisher: Plume Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: Popular Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll chronicles with raw humor and great affection the comic misadventures of a large and lively North Dublin family in the 1960s. "The Mammy" is also a film directed by and starring Anjelica Huston, tentatively scheduled for U.S. release in Fall 1999. This title is part of an unnamed trilogy that includes "The Chisellers" and "The Granny". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98050381 |
| Series: Agnes Browne |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.4" W x 8.04" (0.34 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Ireland - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - Irish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mammy is what Irish children call their mothers and The Mammy is Agnes Browne--a widow struggling to raise seven children in a North Dublin neighborhood in the 1960s. Popular Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll chronicles the comic misadventures of this large and lively family with raw humor and great affection. Forced to be mother, father, and referee to her battling clan, the ever-resourceful Agnes Browne occasionally finds a spare moment to trade gossip and quips with her best pal Marion Monks (alias The Kaiser) and even finds herself pursued by the amorous Frenchman who runs the local pizza parlor. Like the novels of Roddy Doyle, The Mammy features pitch-perfect dialogue, lightning wit, and a host of colorful characters. Earthy and exuberant, the novel brilliantly captures the brash energy and cheerful irreverence of working-class Irish life. Now a major motion picture starring Anjelica Huston |