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The Gamal

A Novel

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The Gamal

By: Ciarán Collins
Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
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Meet Charlie. People think he's crazy. But he's not. People think he's stupid. But he's not. People think he's innocent...He's the Gamal. Charlie has a story to tell, about his best friends Sinead and James and the bad things that happened. But he can't tell it yet, at least not 'til he's worked out where the beginning is. Is the beginning long ago when Sinead first spoke up for him after Charlie got in trouble at school for the millionth time? Or was it later, when Sinead and James followed the music and found each other? Or was it later still on that terrible night when something unspeakable happened after closing time and someone chose to turn a blind eye? Charlie has promised Dr Quinn he'll write 1,000 words a day, but it's hard to know which words to write. And which secrets to tell. This is the story of the dark heart of an Irish village, of how daring to be different can be dangerous, and how there is nothing a person will not do for love. Exhilarating, bitingly funny and unforgettably poignant, this is a story like no other. This is the story of the Gamal.

©2013 Ciarán Collins (P)2013 Audible Inc. Family Life Genre Fiction Psychological Fiction

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Buy the book and rwad it yourself..one of the best Irish written books has been destroyed by an awful Oirish accent, diddely idle do.. insulting.. buy the book..

fantastic book, awful reading...

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The narrators very questionable Irish(most definitely not Cork)accent was dreadful and really distracted from the story.

Awful Irish Accent

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Good but narrator should have been an actual Irish person.Fake accent wasn't great and mispronounced a lot of Irish slang words and Gaeilge which irked me.

Bad Irish Accent

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