Kicking the Black Mamba by Robert Anthony Welch

Kicking the Black Mamba by Robert Anthony Welch

‘If I die,’ Egan Welch wrote in a note to his father, ‘it is not alcohol that killed me. It’s something else.’ Kicking the Black Mamba is an unforgettable many-layered story of the death of a son. It is a vivid, haunting personal tragedy, but Welch explores its roots in generations of Irish lives scarred by shame and disgrace, and reflects on the lawless energies that may be unleashed now that the constraining institutions and rituals of church and magic have lost their hold on people’s minds. It is a frightening confession of a man who fears his own complicity in his son’s alcohol addiction. But it is also a love story, the story of ‘a boy’s love for his father, and a father’s helpless love for his son.’

TerrifyingHeartbreaking. Wonderful. -- Colm Toibin

Robert Anthony Welch was the Professor of English and Dean of Arts at the University of Ulster. His many books of criticism include Irish Poetry from Moore to Yeats and Changing States: Transformations in Modern Irish Writing. His play Protestants toured to Belfast, Derry, Coleraine, Glasgow, Edinburgh and the West End of London in 2004. He was also a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA). He died in 2012.

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ISBN 13	9780232528954
ISBN 10	0232528950
Title	Kicking the Black Mamba
Author	Robert Anthony Welch
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd
Year published	2012-09-28
Number of pages	224
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