- Paperback
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0393313328
- ISBN-13: 978-0393313321
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.6 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 145 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Cal, a highly recommended book. READ IT!!,
By Eirik Linde Nilsen, Christian Berg og Eirik B... (Rosthaug V.g.s, Buskerud, Norway) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cal (Paperback)
First of all, we used about one month reading it. It was a part of this years curriculum. "Cal" consists of a very heavy English language, so if your vocabulary is small, we're not sure if we would recommend it.But the contents itself were really interesting, surprising and you'll get so involved that you can't lay the book down. You'll become a "readaholic." The plot involves in Ireland in the late 70's. Cal is the main character, with Marcella, Shamie, Crilly, Skeffington, the Mortons and Dunlop as the other characters. Cal is a boy in his early twenty's. He lives with his father, Shamie, in a house in a nameless town. The problem is that Cal and his father is Catholics, a hated religion in the protestant town. Cal gets beaten up and "hanged out" because of his religion. Cal's "friends," Crilly and Skeffington makes money in a criminal way. They also take part in the I.R.A (Irish Republican Army). Cal hears the name "Marcella somewhere, and remembers something about it. (This is the part when you're supposed to get the picture the things that has happened, some kind of turning point really) He cant remember what, but he is pretty sure that it wasn't a nice thing. He keeps meeting her, and soon remembers what he did......??? We wont tell what. He eventually starts to work for Marcella's mother in law, and they develop their relationship. In a few words; Cal is a book full of tension, sex, violence and other cool stuff. And you'll get an insight into the circumstances in Northern Ireland. You cant really imagine the violence and hate that the people had and still have to live with.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cal!,
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This review is from: Cal (Paperback)
It was an interesting book, full of tension, violence, crimes, relationships and sex. Very Hard read for a norwegian boy, and I almost made it!!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Simple but elegant.....,
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This review is from: Cal (Paperback)
I've had this book on my shelves for almost fifteen years, if you can believe it, but never got around to reading it until this week. Now I can't figure out why it took me so long to open it."Cal" describes the "troubles" in Northern Ireland in a simple yet elegant manner, with a bare minimum of explicit violence and gore. Most of the violence is implied - the two exceptions being the story of how Marcella Morton became a widow, and what at first glance seems to be a rather pointless episode concerning a land mine and a cow. It seemed pointless, that is, until you read further and discovered exactly how the land mine came to be there. While the violence is at a minimum, the thoughts, feelings, and philosophies of each side are explored quite thoroughly for such a small book. And while I personally found both points of view quite repellent, I will say that I believed that the characters in this book had these beliefs, and that they were extremely passionate regarding them. The book is also an interesting psychological study, at least as far as Cal McCluskey (the main character) is concerned. With the help of Marcella, the woman he comes to love, it seems that he is growing up, and coming to realize that there's a lot more out in the world than just Catholics & Protestants fighting and killing each other - but his past will ultimately work against him and nullify all the good that Marcella has done for him - because he was the driver of the car containing the man that killed her husband. A touching, sad, and very important book.
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