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The Good Son
- Narrated by: Paul McVeigh
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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Summary
Mickey Donnelly is smart, which isn't a good thing in his part of town. Despite having a dog called Killer and being in love with the girl next door, everyone calls him gay. He dreams of going to America, taking Wee Maggie and Ma with him to get them away from Belfast and Da.
Mickey realises it's all down to him. He has to protect Ma from herself. And sometimes, you have to be a bad boy to be a good son.
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- Nicky D
- 29-09-16
Wonderful story
I adored this book. Great characters, wonderful dialogue. Funny, sad, brilliant. Five massive stars from me.
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- Jo C
- 22-09-20
Masterful storytelling
Such a rare and brilliantly crafted story, narrated beautifully by the author. This one will stay with me for a long time.
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- J. F. Wrin
- 26-05-20
I loved every single minute of this.
Narrated brilliantly. Written with humour and great insight. I would recommend to anyone, especially those with Irish roots in their near past, or now. Some poo arts had me really laughing.
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- K Kip
- 15-10-17
Wonderful book
Loved this book. Captured perfectly Belfast at a time of the peak of the troubles. And yet never depressing.
A wonderful depiction of a young boy on the cusp of adolescence and all that that entails.
A mix of tension, pathos, raw humour and sheer joy.
Compared to Stand by Me and I can see why.
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- J HIGGINS
- 06-10-16
I could relate to a lot of this book, great fun
If you are over 50 and working class from Belfast this should pretty much be your life
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- Hugh M. Clarke
- 01-02-22
Excellent story. Well read.
I really enjoyed this book, and the reading. It is a good story about an 11-year-old boy, on the fringes of most social groups, trying to find belonging. He is very amusing and very perceptive and intelligent, but his family cannot afford for him to go to grammar school and he drains the alternative. I listened to the book shortly after watching the new film by Kenneth Branagh, called “Belfast“. Both have an authenticity. I don’t normally like writers reading their own material, but Paul McVeigh does a very good job and his accents and inflections are without flaw.
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- Miles
- 24-09-17
Book of the year
Loved this. Really connected with Mickey, the protagonist and the narration, by the author, was very special
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- Nat
- 08-07-23
Great Story
Loved it! Took me back to being a kid in the 80s. Gave me a glimpse into that world too. Really enjoyed from start to finish. Narration was superb!
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- Kilian
- 19-09-21
Good story, good narrator, but TERRIBLE production
This was an enjoyable story set in Northern Ireland during the troubles and it was quite right that the author should read the story. However the changes in volume up and down were incredibly annoying. Sometimes he whispered and the next moment he shouted. This really was a bad production of a very good story.
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