At Swim, Two Boys

Details Author Reviews Description Set during the year preceding the Easter Uprising of 1916 -- Irelands brave but fractured revolt against British rule -- At Swim, Two Boys is a tender, tragic love story and a brilliant depiction of people caught in the tide of history. Powerful and artful, and ten years in the writing, it is a masterwork from Jamie ONeill. Jim Mack is a naïve young scholar and the son of Set during the year preceding the Easter Uprising of 1916 -- Irelands brave but fractured revolt against British rule -- At Swim, Two Boys is a tender, tragic love story and a brilliant depiction of people caught in the tide of history. Powerful and artful, and ten years in the writing, it is a masterwork from Jamie ONeill. Jim Mack is a naïve young scholar and the son of a foolish, aspiring shopkeeper. Doyler Doyle is the rough-diamond son -- revolutionary and blasphemous -- of Mr. Macks old army pal. Out at the Forty Foot, that great jut of rock where gentlemen bathe in the nude, the two boys make a pact: Doyler will teach Jim to swim, and in a year, on Easter of 1916, they will swim to the distant beacon of Muglins Rock and claim that island for themselves. All the while Mr. Mack, who has grand plans for a corner shop empire, remains unaware of the depth of the boys burgeoning friendship and of the changing landscape of a nation. Set during the year preceding the Easter Uprising of 1916 -- Irelands brave but fractured revolt against British rule -- At Swim, Two Boys is a tender, tragic love story and a brilliant depiction of people caught in the tide of history. Powerful and artful, and ten years in the writing, it is a masterwork from Jamie ONeill. Jim Mack is a naïve young scholar and the son of Set during the year preceding the Easter Uprising of 1916 -- Irelands brave but fractured revolt against British rule -- At Swim, Two Boys is a tender, tragic love story and... Read More

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