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by Pete Hamill (Author)
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  • Paperback: 624 pages
  • Publisher: Sphere (17 Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0751535370
  • ISBN-13: 978-0751535372
  • Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 12.6 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 408,849 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'This is a fable, it is a love letter - and it is essential' - IRELAND ON SUNDAY 'Rousting, ambitious...beautifully woven around historical events and characters' - Publishers Weekly 'Forever is fueled by the cruel dictates of history - corruption, exploitation, murder - but it wholeheartedly celebrates human goodness at every turn' - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY


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From the shores of Ireland, Cormac O'Connor sets out on a fateful journey to avenge the deaths of his parents and honour the code of his ancestors. His quest brings him to the settlement of New York, seething with tensions between English and Irish, whites and blacks, British and Americans, where he is swept up in a tide of conspiracy and violence. In return for aiding an African shaman who was brought to America in chains, Cormac is given an otherworldly gift: he will live forever - as long as he never leaves the island of Manhattan. A writer, a painter, and a man of sensual appetites, Cormac takes part in the dramas of his times through fat years and lean. Through it all, Cormac must fight, generation after generation, a force of evil that returns relentlessly in the scions of a single family. It is a family whose path first crossed his in Ireland and whose persistence puts at risk all his hopes for fulfilling his destiny. As he searches out these blood enemies, he must watch everyone he touches slip away. And so he seeks the mysterious dark lady who alone can free him from the blessing and the curse of his long life.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, 29 Dec 2004
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I would like to recommend this book very highly - the author weaves together a story linking characters from Ireland, Africa and America and spanning the last 200 years. Quite a number of American writers have explored these themes before but, in my experience, often fall into the trap of producing Irish-American cliche-ridden work. In contrast this book is informed by clarity and intelligence - historical, political and social -and always illuminated with a wonderful lyrical writing.
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7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Ambitious, 12 Feb 2003
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Author Pete Hamill has proven more than once he is an extremely talented writer. This book may appeal more to native New Yorkers than those of us who just very much enjoy the city. However, as a book, "Forever", attempts far too much even though it uses over 600 pages to tell its tale. The author mentions some books that he used as references for this work. One of them is part one of a multi-volume history of NYC and it does not even reach the 20th Century. This book attempts to cover far more history with broad strokes and shallow descriptions. It may be fiction but it is historical fiction and must be held to a higher standard.

If the book is broken in to thirds the first of the three is completed before Comic receives his "gift". The second part covers years measured in triple digits, and by the beginning of the third and final section you know the event that will end the book. And I did not read the review that gave the ending event away. The author mentions the subject so many times, the final event is impossible to misjudge. The actual ending of the book I found to be poor and in contradiction to everything the author had lead the reader to believe was important to Cormac. The main character fails to do much of what the centuries of confinement in Manhattan are intended to provide for him. After over 600 pages I like a resolution of some sort as opposed to perhaps there will be a sequel, or perhaps there will not. If there is a part two I will not read it.

To be fair part of the frustration I felt with this book was the familiarity I felt as I had seen the film, "Gangs of New York", recently. I think the film mentioned The Dead Rabbits and The Five Points less than this book did. I was also annoyed by the gentle portrayal of historical figures like Boss Tweed. To suggest this person was a jolly old soused soul who deserved pity at the end of his life is simply absurd. And do not expect to experience NYC as Cormac is alleged to have experienced it for much of what the author will give you are short memories of working steel on the Woolworth Building, laying track, or blasting for subways. The detail is little and far too infrequent.

There is no question that the event the author chose as the culminating point for his book was as large as any in NYC's history, but unlike many of the book's events this final one has repercussions far wider than that of NYC. It actually renders the city a player in larger events, as opposed to the center of history that the author reserves for it throughout the vast majority of the book.

This novel was heavily promoted and created very high expectations. And that may have been the problem. Had the book come out and been left alone it may have had many more reviews and readers that thought much more highly of it. But the reality is this book does not live up to its sweeping premise of a two and one half century epic. And I found the final great event, placed the close of this book in to the category of cliché, for Pete Hamill is far too good a writer to use what he did to close out his book.

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1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars sickly sweet and awful, 31 Jul 2003
This review is from: Forever (Hardcover)
i only made it past the 13th page where i could go on no longer. i found this over-hyped badly written poor excuse for an 'epic' bloody awful.thats all we need- another american candy coating the poorest,most miserable period in irish history into some kind of fairy land where everyone is clean and "ma and da" are wholesome beings with hearts of gold. the writing is the worst-short simple sentences which make you feel like you're reading an instruction manual- ive seen better writing on the walls of toilets!
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