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by Patrick Kavanagh (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (28 Sep 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141183616
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141183619
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 199,210 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A man's mother can be a terrible burden sometimes. For Tarry Flynn - poet, farmer and lover-from-afar of beautiful young virgins - the responsibility of family, farm, poetic inspiration and his own unyielding lust is a heavy one. The only solution is to rise above all - or escape over the nearest horizon. Like The Green Fool, his autobiography, Patrick Kavanagh's Tarry Flynn is an idyllic and beautifully evocative account of life as it was lived in Ireland earlier this century.


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One of the major figures in the modern Irish poetic canon, Patrick Kavanagh (1904-67) was a post-colonial poet who released Anglo-Irish verse from its prolonged obsession with history, ethnicity and national politics. His poetry, written in an uninhibited vernacular style, focused on the 'common and banal' aspects of contemporary life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A real taste of Irish country life of yester year, 24 Oct 2000
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When first starting to read you need two thing's to fully appreciate this book. Firstly a pipeing cup of what ever take's your fancy (preferably tea) and secondly a raging open fire. To start this book is writen by the type of person anyone can relate to. The type of incidents which happen throughout the book may seem trivial in this day and age but at the time they were matter's of life and death. It brings you to a world deep within Ireland, a simple way of life only upset by gossip and public opinion. When all that is important is the price you can get for the hen's eggs and a woodbine at night. Simplicity is the initial reaction you may have, but in reality there is much much more. The story is based on the author's life beneeth the Grey hill's on a Monaghan farm. His life some what distracted by his love for book's and awe of nature in short you could say he is a dreamer but in truth he is only a romantic who long's for love. In his mind he is all conquering but when faced with the reality of a situation thing's just never seem to go right. A heart warming look at the toils and tribulation's of a young man and his struggle with love and his outlook on life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Fantastic.............., 2 Mar 2001
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I have read and reread this book many times. It is brilliantly written and captures the essence of country life in S.Ireland. I have relatives in this part of the country and characters like this still exist. This is not a book where a lot happens, but you will be captivated from page 1 in Tarry's life, trials and decisions.If you like Irish literature - read this ..
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Dreamer Tarry , 6 Jul 2006
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I first read Tarry Flynn while at school and to this day I have read it about 6 times. I never get bored with it and it never ceases to make me smile. Tarry Flynn dreamer/farmer lives with his mother and sisters in the shadow of Drumnee probably as Kavanagh was writing it he saw Tarry on that same stony grey soil of Monaghan that he grew up on. This is a book about a county long gone one ruled by class and the iron hand of the Catholic Church. It is the church that takes a central role in this book. The boys at the back of the chapel and the misssion in town. For those of you who do not know what the mission meant in terms of an Irish town I will expalin. Very often priests who came home from Africa would do a stint of preaching on the road. These orders were usually Redemptions and other fire and Brimestone orders. The whole town would go to the mission and if you did not well the parish priest would know. This book is also about man's realtionship with nature and a desire for something different. It will make you laugh and think in equal messures.
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