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Original Title:	The Green Fool
ISBN:	0141184205 (ISBN13: 9780141184203)
Edition Language:	English

The Green Fool Paperback | Pages: 272 pages

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Time hardly mattered in the village of Mucker, the birthplace of poet and writer Patrick Kavanagh. Full of wry humour, Kavanagh's unsentimental and evocative account of his Irish rural upbringing describes a patriarchal society surviving on the edge of poverty, sustained by the land and an insatiable love of gossip. There are tales of schoolboy skirmishes, blackberrying and night-time salmon-poaching; of country-weddings and fairs, of political banditry and religious pilgrimages; and of farm-work in the fields and kicking mares.

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Title	:	The Green Fool
Author	:	Patrick Kavanagh
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	February 22nd 2001 by Penguin Books (first published January 7th 1975)
Categories	:	Cultural. Ireland. European Literature. Irish Literature. Poetry. Fiction. Classics

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Absolutely wonderful, it was like listening to my dad, page after page of that lovely Irish way

This book is full of charm and humour. Kavanagh writes about his early life on the farm in Monaghan, and his anecdotes and characters are well chosen, wonderfully drawn. It's the story of a writer's journey, the creation of a writer, and there are lovely, artful phrases salted throughout. His bond to his home place is developed patiently and convincingly, as he tells stories of market days, school years, seasonal work, and neighbour folk. He makes excellent use of the few times he goes a

a wonderful read, so filled with vision

"Is Paddie getting a bit odd of himself?"I loved this book. It has captured a moment in time that Ireland has lost for ever, for better or worse. The age of the romantic poet; the mystic of the little hills is gone now and for ever. The first 200 pages or so are a semi fictionalised account of his youth, while the remainder of the book is more like an autobiography, telling how he drifted into the literary world (With some difficulty) and how he literally forced himself off of his 20 acre farm.

A somewhat tedious personal narrative, alleviated by moments of brilliant lyricism. Kavanagh is surely a better poet than writer.

Amazing book, like taking a trip back in time to a world long gone. Beautiful lyrical prose, full of humour and packed with details of how life was lived in the days before electricity, modern plumbing and petrol engines. I was fascinated and inspired by the author's description of his development from cobbler / small farmer who had left formal schooling at the age of 12 to acclaimed poet and writer.