Everyone in Kinvara is conscious that time is flying past, faster and faster - to such an extent that when JJ asks his mother what she would like as a birthday present she ask for more time. JJ dismisses this as mere wishful thinking, an impossibility, for who know where the time goes? The Liddys have been musicians for generations and JJ is no exception but what he discovers is that a shadow from the past hangs over their family -did his great-grandfather murder the village priest? When he sets out to buy his mother time, he discovers the fate of a flute which will provide the key to both problems - it is the vital clue. He makes the transition to Tir na n'Og, the land of eternal youth, where the fairy people are also having a problem with time and it falls to his lot to locate the leak between the two parallel worlds. JJ finds where time goes! Music proves to be the touchstone for communication between the fairy and the human domains and the book is saturated with the lure of Irish music for JJ's whole existence is built round the ceili and each chapter relates to a tune, printed out as a heading so that the reader can also become a performer. As for the New Policeman, Larry O'Dwyer, he is an enigmatic figure who has a significant bearing on the plot but whose identity is kept a superbly guarded secret to the very last surprising moment.
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A distinctive and beautifully written book...an enthralling tale, both whimsical and deep, told with a dry, laconic wit. -- Books for Keeps magazine, July 1, 2005
Imaginative, neatly constructed and rich in Irish lore, characters and atmosphere, it is deservedly gathering prizes. -- Sunday Times, December 4, 2005
Kate Thompson's work always surprises with its inventiveness and sheer quality of her writing...this book breaks new ground. -- INIS Magazine, June 1, 2005
There is something hallucinatory, if not delirious about this stylish, magical book. -- The Guardian, July 2, 2005
Imaginative, neatly constructed and rich in Irish lore, characters and atmosphere, it is deservedly gathering prizes. -- Sunday Times, December 4, 2005
Kate Thompson's work always surprises with its inventiveness and sheer quality of her writing...this book breaks new ground. -- INIS Magazine, June 1, 2005
There is something hallucinatory, if not delirious about this stylish, magical book. -- The Guardian, July 2, 2005
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THE NEW POLICEMAN: a wonderfully intriguing story going right to the heart of Irish magic, folklore and music, from the four-times honoured recipient of the Irish Children`s Book of the Year Bisto Award.
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By Cristina
Format:Paperback
From my very personal point of view, as a reader and as non-Irish, this is a very condescending, morally wrong and not even well writen book. It is boring, too long and too full of cliches. It seems to me that the author was trying to write the ultimate fantasy novel set in Ireland, but instead her work got lost halfway between children literature and new-age-hippyish moralizing book for middle-aged new-age hippyish moralising people(see the tv show Ballykiss Angel if you dont know what im talking about)
The author's condescending view of rural Ireland felt veeeery obvious all through the text, If I were Irish I probably would be thinking "here we go, another British upper-middle class writer who moves to a village in Ireland and cannot read beyond her well-meaning prejudices about rural life, Irishness and oral tradition"
Footnote: beware the deceiving is the picture you will get of Ireland if you are to take seriously what is described as real about Kinvara, the village where the novel is set. Apparently the teenagers from the village did not use Internet nor mobile phones in 2005, They'd rather play the fiddle in the ceilis than hang out with their friends.
The author's condescending view of rural Ireland felt veeeery obvious all through the text, If I were Irish I probably would be thinking "here we go, another British upper-middle class writer who moves to a village in Ireland and cannot read beyond her well-meaning prejudices about rural life, Irishness and oral tradition"
Footnote: beware the deceiving is the picture you will get of Ireland if you are to take seriously what is described as real about Kinvara, the village where the novel is set. Apparently the teenagers from the village did not use Internet nor mobile phones in 2005, They'd rather play the fiddle in the ceilis than hang out with their friends.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By smash7
Format:Paperback
This is a book full of mystery, magic, myth and music. It takes place in Ireland at a time when music was very important to the population. It is about a boy called JJ Liddy who sets off to buy his mother some time. Can he do the impossile task and manage to grant her wish? Full of surprises along the way, this book is a must for all kids aged 12+. Hard to put down and enjoyable from beginning to end. Enjoy.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By C Tissiman
Format:Hardcover
If you have any interest in Fairies, or if your feet itch to dance when you hear Irish music, this book is for you.
Follow a gripping tale of a young boy growing up with all the usual problems a young boy should have. A strange family that he finds out stories about as only a young boy can, through stories at school.
Along his journeys he finds out why we never seem to have enough time, and where the time is going along with those odd socks.
This book is too good for kids.
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