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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 1994
Simplistic writing, one-dimensional characters, and a well-worn plot doom this first novel, set in the 1960s, about the Malloys, a large Irish-Catholic clan in Troy, New York. Told from multiple viewpoints and in different voices, the book centers on working-class "shanty Irish'' Mike; his ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
