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A GREAT FEAST OF LIGHT: GROWING UP IRISH IN THE TELEVISION By John Doyle *VG+*
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- ISBN
- 9780786718146
- Book Title
- Great Feast of Light : Growing Up Irish in the Television Age
- Item Length
- 8.3in
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Publication Year
- 2006
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- Language
- English
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- 0.3in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
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- Cultural Heritage, Personal Memoirs, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
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- 5.5in
- Item Weight
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- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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Celebrated TV critic John Doyle has penned an Irish memoir that gives a portrait of a boy and his country transformed by television. Funny, insightful, and engaging, A Great Feast of Light begins in the small town of Nenagh, where young John's father purchased the family's first television in 1962, and ends in 1979 with the Pope's historic visit to the Emerald Isle, the appearance of "Dallas" on Irish TV, and twenty-two-year-old John's escape to North America. By day, John was schooled by the Christian brothers in the valor of Irish rebel heroes and the saintliness of Catholic martyrs. But in the evenings, television conveyed more subversive messages: American westerns, "I Love Lucy, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Laugh-In, The Muppet Show, Starsky and Hutch, and Monty Python suggested ways of life that were exciting and free. News coverage of American civil rights and women's rights protests, Irish street riots, bombings, and Bloody Sunday clashed with Catholic conservatism. While the "global village" was yanking Ireland out of its past, one intelligent and sardonic boy was taking notes. His story, at once a charming coming-of-age tale and a compelling social history, is a welcome addition to the literature of Ireland.
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Hachette Books
ISBN-10
0786718145
ISBN-13
9780786718146
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Book Title
Great Feast of Light : Growing Up Irish in the Television Age
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Personal Memoirs, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Number of Pages
336 Pages
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Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
0.3in
Item Width
5.5in
Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
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Publication Date
2006-12-21
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"When you're small and in a small town people think you're blank, hardly there at all. Doyle keeps the breathless reader close and whispers ample rare sightings as if to... birdwatchers....ghost hunters. The result is a whispering Ireland where enlightenment's a bird and insularity's a ghost and even a boy knows better than to disturb either. A great feast of enlightenment." --Gord Downie "From the Hardcover edition.
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070.92 B
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