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Eureka Street (Paperback)

by Robert McLiam Wilson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 395 pages
  • Publisher: Minerva; New edition edition (16 Jun 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749396725
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749396725
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 16,973 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Robert McLiam Wilson was born in Belfast in 1964 and that is all the biographical information the flyleaf offers. But what it really means to be a Belfast boy, both in the sixties and now, is vividly captured within its pages.

Eureka Street is set in the troubled city during the fragile cease-fires of the late 1990s. It's the story of Chuckie Lurgan, a poor, fat, Protestant boy whose life lurches from monotony into a fairy tale after his 30th birthday. Love suddenly comes in the shape of Max, an American girl whose diplomat father was killed within minutes of setting foot on Belfast soil; and money comes in the guise of a Government business loan. Good fortune almost comes via the scams of ready-to-wear Balaklava shops and leprechaun walking sticks, a running joke taken seriously by the rest of the world. Chuckie is Belfast--a mismatched dream; a battle to make something from nothing; a charmer with feet of clay.

Jake Jackson is his opposite--hard, Catholic and looking for the love that Chuckie seems to attract without trying. A realist among the bombs and roadblocks, Jake still has a poet's voice, passionate about his city- -"the air is full of regret and desire. You should stand some night on Cable Street, letting the little wind pluck your flesh ... the city will stick to your fingers like Sellotape."

This is a blissful bruiser of a book, with humour and affection drawing the painfully acute portraits together. "Chuckie's mother was a big woman, built historical, like a ship or a city … since he had been 14 years old, he had lived in quiet dread of his mother making her mark." Addictive, triumphant, sharp, sad and witty--it's no wonder that the BBC snapped this up for a series. --Elizabeth McGregor --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Belfast, in the six months just before and after the ceasefire. Chuckie Lurgan - fat, Protestant and poor, suddenly becomes wealthy by various means; Jake Jackson - reformed tough guy - is looking for love; and the strange letters "OTG" appear all over the city to the ignorance of all.

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5.0 out of 5 stars As real as it gets!, 28 Feb 2002
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Hailing from NI myself I am regularly disappointed by books claiming to be true to Northern Irish life. I was bought this book as a gift and read it expecting the same. Boy was I wrong. It is one of the raw-est (is there such a word?) funniest, darkest books I have read about NI - it sums up the attitudes and personalities in a way which is neither patronising nor stereo-typcial. If you want a real belly-laugh, read this book. If you want to know a little bit more about the attitudes and cultural mores that have allowed NI people to exist alongside years of terrorism and violence, read this book.

In short this book will not disappoint you. Enjoy!

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This book moved me like nothing I have read, 18 Oct 2004
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I have tried three times to think of words that would fit how wonderful, inspiring, moving, breath-taking, soul-shaking and plain funny I find this novel. I just cannot. This book has a soul. It shows you Belfast as I have known it my whole life, like a bitter-sweet song that is so sad but yet so beautiful it makes you love it even more. This book has everything and everyone I have know and felt about Belfast and it's people. This book has twists, it has black humour; wonderful, beautiful and hilarous turns of phrases; it has love and it has tragedy that tastes of the deepest sorrow.

If you want to know Belfast and what people there are really like, if you want to laugh (out load) read it, if you want a love story read it. You should just read it. This book is so good it should be on the National Curriculm.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Left me shell-shocked but satisfied., 22 Oct 2001
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I've just re-read this book after a couple of years. SInce I first read I've moved away from Belfast and N. Ireland, and the spot-on portrayal of the city and the loving detil has left me rather homesick.

The author gives you characters you care about, characters you want the best for and want to spend your time with. And he gives you some insight into the life of the ordinary Belfast, the Belfast that looks on in desensitized disbelief at what has happened there.

The three chapters centred on the city centre bomb blast left me with my jaw hanging open, shocked and near to tears. This man makes a point that isn't political, and certainly isn't revolutionary. He speaks up for the pain and hurt and pointlessness with a sarcasm that draws blood and a matter of fact sensitivity which leaves you reeling.

Lyrical.
Powerful.
Superb.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Eureka Street (or Belfast Blues)
I agree with the other reviewers that have loved this book so much. I have nothing to add in describing or praising it. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Katerina

5.0 out of 5 stars Life Changing?
I read this after reading Ripley Bogle which was excellent, this was even better. It is as has been said by other reviewers almost lyrical at times, having pathos, horror and a... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2007 by niallandubh

4.0 out of 5 stars Seeking the 'real' Belfast

I read an article about the 'peacelines' in Belfast and the article made reference to 'Eureka Street'. It had quoted McLiam Wilson's descriptions of Belfast.. Read more
Published on 27 May 2006 by Grace

5.0 out of 5 stars Touching and Humorous
Mostly enjoyable love story(s) set amid a group of friends in contemporary Belfast. The novel alternates between a third-person account of Chuckie (a Protestant who is somewhat... Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2001 by A. Ross

5.0 out of 5 stars The city is alive.
This is the best Irish novel of the 90s, combining humour, filth and profundity in equal measures. McLiam Wilson's art is in bringing the city of Belfast alive as if it were a... Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars A provincial capital has never looked this good
"All stories are love stories" it starts, and goes on to prove the point. The author is in love - with his characters (the tough as nails, soft and a hand on your cheek Jake, the... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Jubilation
Probably THE absolute must-read. A story of love and redemption in Belfast with diamond chips of brilliant humour. I've offered it for countless birthdays! Read more
Published on 27 April 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best novels I have ever read
I have just finished reading "Eureka Street" by Robert McLiam Wilson, and am still reeling. What an absolutely fantastic book. Read more
Published on 9 April 2000 by southern_oceanau

5.0 out of 5 stars A storm of a book!
This book is a real gem for reader who like something away from the ordinary. It really gets you motivated and this is probably Robert McLiam Wilson's best work. GO GET IT!!!!
Published on 16 Jan 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars A very emotive book
Unputdownable is a long word, often over-used, and I'm not entirely sure that it is proper English but who cares because it surely does sum up this book. Read more
Published on 22 Dec 1999

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