Jiving At The Crossroads (New Edition)
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Jiving At The Crossroads (New Edition) by John Waters
Deals with the relationship between the author and his father, and the story of Ireland. This title questions the very notion of modern Irish identity, and to examine the deep-rooted tensions at the heart of the Irish psyche.
..a majestic book... -- Diarmaid Ferriter
...a seminal book... -- Eamon Dunphy
This book is autobiographical, political, subjective, detached - and utterly fascinating in its insights and conclusions -- Brendan Kennelly
An honest, funny, courageous book... the writer has indeed a heart with considerable idealism and passion... both calm and outrageous, funny and serious, mild and brave. Jiving at the Crossroads is one of the liveliest and most incisive books I've read this year. The book is shot through with a sense of excited and exciting discovery of many things and people... John Waters is one of the most credible and refreshing of all Irish journalists -- Brendan Kennelly * Irish Times *
This is a splendid book, warm, eloquent and calmly intelligent, as easy and rewarding a read as anything published recently in Ireland. It combines political analysis, polemical essay, personal reminiscence and recapitulation of pieces published in the past... marvellously evocative of an era drawing to a close... This is the best book about Fianna Fáil published in recent years, and by a mile the best-written. A lot of it is funny, but mostly it's very sad -- Eamonn McCann * Sunday Tribune *
...a seminal book... -- Eamon Dunphy
This book is autobiographical, political, subjective, detached - and utterly fascinating in its insights and conclusions -- Brendan Kennelly
An honest, funny, courageous book... the writer has indeed a heart with considerable idealism and passion... both calm and outrageous, funny and serious, mild and brave. Jiving at the Crossroads is one of the liveliest and most incisive books I've read this year. The book is shot through with a sense of excited and exciting discovery of many things and people... John Waters is one of the most credible and refreshing of all Irish journalists -- Brendan Kennelly * Irish Times *
This is a splendid book, warm, eloquent and calmly intelligent, as easy and rewarding a read as anything published recently in Ireland. It combines political analysis, polemical essay, personal reminiscence and recapitulation of pieces published in the past... marvellously evocative of an era drawing to a close... This is the best book about Fianna Fáil published in recent years, and by a mile the best-written. A lot of it is funny, but mostly it's very sad -- Eamonn McCann * Sunday Tribune *
John Waters has been a respected columnist with The Irish Times for over twenty years. As well as Jiving at the Crossroads (Blackstaff, 1991) his books include Race of Angels: Ireland and the Genesis of U2 (Blackstaff/Fourth Estate, 1994); An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Ireland (Duckworth, 1997); and Feckers: 50 People who Fecked Up Ireland (Constable, 2010).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848271272 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848271271 |
| Title | Jiving At The Crossroads (New Edition) |
| Author | John Waters |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-10-13 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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