- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Forge books (Sep 28 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312865716
- ISBN-13: 978-0312865719
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 3.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 699 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,844,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
While pulling occupation duty with the First Constabulary Regiment in post-WWII Bamberg, Germany, brave, "dangerously smart" Sergeant Charles "Chuck" O'Malley is assigned to help an FBI agent locate a family of Nazis wanted by the Russians as war criminals. Told the Russians will shoot the father and rape the mother and two daughters to death, O'Malley determines to save them despite the fact that it will mean violating his oath of trust to his country. In this deft addition to his shelf of novels (after White Smoke), Greeley once again shows his knack for combining solid characterization, folksy prose, a bantamweight sense of history and understated Catholic morality to make highly entertaining fiction. The novel covers Chuck's youth in Depression-ravaged Chicago as part of a large, close-knit family, his love for his sister's best friend, his decision to join the Army in order to acquire money for college and the growth of his moral conscience, especially as he sees the defeated Germans suffering from official corruption, black marketeering and other postwar evils. Laced with sex and enough wit and ambiguity to save the plot from being utterly predictable, this novel should satisfy those looking for spicy yet principled fiction extolling the temporary triumph of good over evil. $100,000 ad/promo.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Sentimentality and nostalgia for bygone days underlie this coming-of-age story from Greeley (Irish Whiskey, LJ 12/97). Remembering the Depression on the West Side of Chicago, "Chucky" Cronin tells of his Irish-Catholic boyhood, his friends, and his dreams for his future. Rosemary Clancy, the daughter of a rich man, is Chucky's childhood nemesis and love. Chucky dreams of a quiet life, only to have his plans altered by World War II. While with the U.S. Army in Germany, he manages to thwart danger, criminals, and army officers through miraculous luck and wit. His wish is to make it back home to Chicago, his family, and, most importantly, Rosemary. The combination of the "good old days" of family values and the romance of World War II makes this story seem cliched, but Greeley fans will love it. Recommended for most public libraries.
-?Georgia Panos, Johnson Cty. Lib. System, Leawood, KS
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
-?Georgia Panos, Johnson Cty. Lib. System, Leawood, KS
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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When we lived on Menard Avenue, I used to lie half-awake listening to my parents' conversation after the Bing Crosby program or Amos and Andy. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A little of everything,
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This review is from: A Midwinter's Tale (Mass Market Paperback)
A coming of age, a little romance, a little suspense, a little mystery-- Father Greeley has put a little of everything into this coming of age story of a young Irish American. As in many of Greeley's stories, this "accidental" hero soon grabs the heart of the reader. The yarn of adventures wrapped around the characters as young Chucky grows up keeps you hooked, and will entice you into reading through the whole series to see what Chucky Ducky and the "crazy O'Malley's" will do next. I highly recommend.
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Good Padre Does It Again,
By Hugh M Frazer (Andrews, NC USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Midwinter's Tale, A (Hardcover)
This is an unusually (sorry, Father) cleverly written book. Lots ofnarrative, sentiment and good lines. One of my favorites is on p. 300. Greeley has this warmly naive fraulein say to the story's hero, whose car is running out of gas, "May I ask you a question, Karl?" Answer: "I have to concentrate on driving the car, Trudi. Please don't bother me." And Trudi says, "But does the E on that gauge mean empty?" Dry wit at its best! Greeley's This book deserves a movie contract- with
5.0 out of 5 stars
I loved it - sure!,
By TundraVision (o/~ from the Land of Sky Blue Waters o/~) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Midwinter's Tale, A (Hardcover)
Father Greeley introduces us to new and captivating fictional (but don't we know real-life folks similiar?) Irish-Catholic families in Chicago and deftly interweaves them with suspense in Post World War II Germany. But, here's a *WARNING* I wish I would have known when I started this book: this is "Part One" of the saga. Unlike the Blackie Ryan or Nuala Ann books, it is NOT self-contained. One must read the 2d of this series, _Younger Than Springtime_, to have even a glimmer of how it all ends. Order both now, so you won't have to pester your Postperson to keep reading ;-) I hope, to complete the saga (still not wholly resolved at the end of _Springtime_,)that there will be a _Summer_ and _Autumn_?
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