Paveewhack

Peter Brady

ISBN 10: 1902602633 ISBN 13: 9781902602639

Published by New Island Books, 2001

Language: English

Condition: Used - Fine Soft cover

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Scarce signed first edition (no print number given). Book in Near Fine condition. Signed by author on the title page. Only a few slight bumps to cover, but otherwise in fine shape. Binding is tight and solid and all pages clean and unmarked. Price sticker of 12.00 Euros.

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Title: Paveewhack
Publisher: New Island Books
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1902602633
ISBN 13: 9781902602639
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Paveewhack is the story of teenage Traveller Jack Joyce-or Whack as he's known (""pavee"" means traveler)-who must adapt to the settled life after his father moves the family into a house in a small Midlands town. A kind of Irish Huck Finn, a ""notorious knat,"" or gallant rogue, Whack is more interested in working, hunting, and courting than school. But when he gets involved with the local police and two settled girls, life suddenly becomes more complicated than he could have ever imagined, and before long, Whack is on the run. County Offaly author Peter Brady's accomplished first novel is a first in many respects. It's an acute and canny look at a unique Irish culture, and the first novel ever to be written in Traveller's Cant, capturing the wit and color of their spoken language. Combining the blunt black humor of a Patrick McCabe with the stripped-down realism of an Irvine Welsh, Brady delivers a moving story of adventure and young love set in early '60s Ireland, against a backdrop of exclusion and deadly consequence. It also includes a glossary of Cant and colloquial English words

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