Elvis, Jesus and Me by Emer Mccourt

Elvis, Jesus and Me by Emer Mccourt

ELVIS, JESUS AND ME is a quirky and touching story about a girl who wants to be a boy. Ger's story is told by her nine-year-old brother, Seany, an endearing and bitingly funny narrator. Ger wants to be a boy but Jesus isn't having any of it, which begs the question; if God can send a man to the moon why can't He turn her into a boy and if He can't, does He even exist and who cares anyway when Elvis can sing 'Jail House Rock' as sweetly as any virgin and helps Ger to forget her worries about whether she'll burn in hell for kidnapping an altar boy or for kissing a girl or for showing her knickers to the world...Ger and her younger brother Seany - two different peas in one freshly plucked pod; ask and answer, watch and wait and move and shake their way through toolsheds, wakes, dangerous weapons, chipolatas, The Holy Trinity and The O' Rawe sister's guide to life and love, in a world where conversations with Neil Armstrong colour their young world with wisdom that can only come from the stars...

'Fresh, vivid, evocative, touching and laugh-out-loud funny' Tim Pears

'An enchanting and impressive debut from a talented new writer' IRISH INDEPENDENT

'McCourt writes with a lively style, seeing the world through the clear eyes of a child ELVIS, JESUS AND ME is an engaging debut' TIME OUT

'Touching and funny, it marks McCourt as a writer to watch' IMAGE

'Funny and touching' THE TIMES

'McCourt has written a fresh and unusual novel, wacky and quirky in the telling.' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

'McCourt's style is light, with some nice moments of humour.' GUARDIAN

'beguiling, professional and promising.' DUBLINER

Emer McCourt was born in Ireland. Now in her early thirties, she is a film-maker and scriptwriter, her popular late nineties film HUMAN TRAFFIC, being a notable achievement.

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ISBN 13	9781844081219
ISBN 10	1844081214
Title	Elvis, Jesus and Me
Author	Emer Mccourt
Condition	Unavailable
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2004-03-04
Number of pages	224
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.