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Dwight Allenauthor of "The Green Suit" and "Judge"Shawn McBride fills the pages of his novel with dizzying verbal slapstick and inspired silliness while also making us care about his feather-haired, motor-mouth protagonist and his fractured family.

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Richard Russoauthor of Empire FallsThe last time I had this much fun in the company of an adolescent was when Ferris Bueller took a day off. Shawn McBride is a hoot and a half.

Dwight Allenauthor of The Green Suit and JudgeShawn McBride fills the pages of his novel with dizzying verbal slapstick and inspired silliness while also making us care about his feather-haired, motor-mouth protagonist and his fractured family.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Constantly foul mouthed and thoroughly touching..., F�v 20 2004

Par	"metromilwaukee" (Bayside, WI USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

The combination is bizarre...and works beautifully. Try not to make any judgements in the first 15 pages; you'll be glad you did.

The author did a great job of making me feel like I was reading a story from a thirteen year old boy from a working class family. It wasn't always comfortable, but I felt like I experienced his life and home. It was frequently funny, several times literally laugh out loud funny, and I came to care about the characters.

The book is a little different and a lot good. If you can get beyond the parents and children regularly swearing (and other things) in front of each other and a boy who has boobs-on-the-brain, you'll find a whole lot more beneath the surface.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Constantly foul mouthed and thoroughly touching..., F�v 20 2004

Par	"metromilwaukee" (Bayside, WI USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

The combination is bizarre...and works beautifully. Try not to make any judgements in the first 15 pages; you'll be glad you did.

The author did a great job of making me feel like I was reading a story from a fourteen year old boy from a working class family. It wasn't always comfortable, but I felt like I experienced his life and home. It was frequently funny, several times literally laugh out loud funny, and I came to care about the characters.

The book is a little different and a lot good. If you can get beyond the parents and children regularly swearing (and other things) in front of each other and a boy who has boobs-on-the-brain, you'll find a whole lot more beneath the surface.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Green Grass Grace '66 or '84, Janv. 21 2004

Par	Marcia Selsor (Brownsville, TX) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This book was recommended to me by an old neighborhood friend who got it from his mother! We were from NE Philly and near Tac Park, Father Judge, the railroad tressle..all brilliantly described and placed in McBride's book. I want to see it as a movie!!! The book has great visual images like the thin tire tracks in a white suit. It is hilarious! McBride's description of the neighborhood reminded me of my youth even after 35 year's away! His characters are deeply developed beyond the cup sizes. The emotions are high, low, and laugh over the tough parts. I am sending it to my girlfriends who raised boys. The description of Henry Toohey's pubescent mind will make anyone laugh. Yo, I saw Rocky I just to hear the accents! Great book!

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5.0�toiles sur 5 You can take the kid out of Fishtown...
McBride's narrator comes straight off the front stoop. The rough, straight-forward narrative is the voice of his neighborhood, which is, perhaps, the second main character in... Read more

Publi� le D�c 2 2003 par razoobe

2.0�toiles sur 5 Skip this one...
I grew up in NE Philly, and can identify every single place this author writes about (the only reason it gets 2 stars from me). Read more

Publi� le Nov. 3 2003

5.0�toiles sur 5 bouyant, irreverent sex-obsessed teen learns self-acceptance
Hormone-saturated, breast-fixated Henry "Hank" Toohey has a problem. Exposed to the simmering daily-life tensions of an Irish Catholic blue-collar Philadelphia neighborhood, he... Read more

Publi� le Oct. 20 2003 par Bruce J. Wasser