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by John Boyle (Author)
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  • Paperback: 249 pages
  • Publisher: Black Swan; New edition edition (2 Feb 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552770795
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552770798
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 81,572 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Glasgow Herald
'The significance of this friendship distinguishes Boyle's memoir from others ... Far less self-pitying than ANGELA'S ASHES.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Scotsman
'Boyle's memories are marked with fondness rather than sentimentality ... with a sad twist in the tale guarenteed to grab you.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars happy memories, 18 Nov 2004
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Having come from and growing up in Paisley, I found this book to be highly enjoyable.The way John Boyle describes his surroundings and the struggle he had growing up in one of the most notorius housing schemes then and now. Anyone from the west of scotland that could relate to the tenaments and life in them should read this book. Also how great freindship can come from a unity of hardships.
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4.0 out of 5 stars touching and honest, 28 Sep 2003
By Ian S McDonald (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This memoir has moments of real insight and compassion. It is a significantly honest telling of a simple but often harrowing story, The period, place and the circumstances of this young boy's adolesence are described unflinchingly and his relationship with his friend, Laff, is not sentimentalised. The last meeting of the author and Laff is the more powerful because it is underplayed. It could not have been invented. It had to have happened that way. A good and compelling read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A fine delight, 15 Sep 2003
By Vincent Eaton (Schaerbeek, Belgium) - See all my reviews
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I read with delight Mr Bolye’s previous memoir, Galloway Street, becoming a real fan of its tenderness and touching, humourous observations. For me, the first book dealt with the forming of a consciousness; Laff is more the forming of the man’s character. The book’s first part is full of numerous glances and glimpses, both wily and wounding, of different individuals and various adolescent grief; the second half takes over from the layered set-up and delivers a focused, richly emotional journey toward tragedy and liberation, with lyrical touches we’ve come to expect from this author, and an ending that sends the spirit zooming off along with the writer’s.
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