McCourt visited Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia as a guest faculty member for the day. He spoke to several classes about literature, history ... and whatever happened to come up.
"A monk swimming" was my all time favorite book... EVERRR! I am a voracious reader. I have read a million books. That one had me literally in stitches!
Besides anyone that has read 'A Monk Swimming' would agree...it would make a fantastic movie! Wild, unexpected and full of what Americans like...ribald, hilarious self-destruction...nothing like destroying the self to bring Americans to the heel of forgivenesss.
yeah fine...but I say...this is MALACHY McCourt...not Frank...and he's a damn fine writer in his own. Now I see how it is to be the bretheren of a great man, even if you're a great man yourself, yet discovered second...sad,it is. Frank was wonderful...as is Malachy for their own, individual reasons...let it be.
look they did nothing wrong by making a book it was quite lovely. and they said how it was , yeah it was ruff but what do you want him to say, he wrote a great book and dont criticize the man when he cant defend himself , leave him alone ,no grandmothers should be mad,no limerick should be hating anyone, he told how limerick was , if it was bad then face it, it's bad thats it .
y because they told the truth about the past and how shitty limerick was in the past not evryone myt of had as bad tym as theese but thesse had a crap lifee n pulled through it so its gelousy
I actually find this to be true. I once mention the book "Angela's Ashes" to my grandmother who was born and bread in Limerick; she came to this country in 1927. She was disgusted by the book; she said it was an insult to the Irish people. She almost took my head off. "Not every Irishman grew up like that!" She insisted.
Malachy was very close to Frank. They suffered together when they were kids, and so did Michael and Alphie. God bless them and their loved ones.
kaymam7 5 months ago
@alwaysflowers Brendan Gleeson has just bought the rights to make a film of A Monk Swimming.
fulcrum300 6 months ago
"A monk swimming" was my all time favorite book... EVERRR! I am a voracious reader. I have read a million books. That one had me literally in stitches!
jennybear82 1 year ago
Besides anyone that has read 'A Monk Swimming' would agree...it would make a fantastic movie! Wild, unexpected and full of what Americans like...ribald, hilarious self-destruction...nothing like destroying the self to bring Americans to the heel of forgivenesss.
alwaysflowers 1 year ago
yeah fine...but I say...this is MALACHY McCourt...not Frank...and he's a damn fine writer in his own. Now I see how it is to be the bretheren of a great man, even if you're a great man yourself, yet discovered second...sad,it is. Frank was wonderful...as is Malachy for their own, individual reasons...let it be.
alwaysflowers 1 year ago
look they did nothing wrong by making a book it was quite lovely. and they said how it was , yeah it was ruff but what do you want him to say, he wrote a great book and dont criticize the man when he cant defend himself , leave him alone ,no grandmothers should be mad,no limerick should be hating anyone, he told how limerick was , if it was bad then face it, it's bad thats it .
RIP FRANK McCourt
thexpediter1 2 years ago
y because they told the truth about the past and how shitty limerick was in the past not evryone myt of had as bad tym as theese but thesse had a crap lifee n pulled through it so its gelousy
livzdon1 3 years ago
I actually find this to be true. I once mention the book "Angela's Ashes" to my grandmother who was born and bread in Limerick; she came to this country in 1927. She was disgusted by the book; she said it was an insult to the Irish people. She almost took my head off. "Not every Irishman grew up like that!" She insisted.
thefatsailor 3 years ago
y do the limerik h8 the mcCourts??
littalangal 3 years ago
I agree, but a lot of Limerick HATES the McCourts
myself7 4 years ago