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Harry J. Boyle (1915–2005)

Autor/a de Mostly in Clover

8 obres 76 Membres 2 Ressenyes 1 preferits

Obres de Harry J. Boyle

Mostly in Clover (1961) 26 exemplars
With a pinch of sin (1966) 13 exemplars
Memories of a Catholic Boyhood (1973) 8 exemplars
Homebrew and patches (1963) 7 exemplars
The Great Canadian Novel (1972) 6 exemplars
The Luck of the Irish (1975) 6 exemplars
A Summer Burning (1973) 5 exemplars
Straws in the wind (1973) 5 exemplars

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The plot centres around Tom Macrae who is born small and shy and is dominated by his sister when their parents die. As devout Roman Catholics, the Church has a great influence on their lives. However, there personal lives are full of disasters with the burning of their barn due to mowing hay that was too green which led to internal combustion.

Their parish priest mentions people experience miracles that cure their illnesses by going to the Martyrs Shrine in Midland, Ontario. Tom's sister Carrie decides to travel Midland and see if they can receive a miracle to replace their barn. As a former devote Catholic who visited the Martyrs Shrine as a youth with my parents and grandparents, the satirical descriptions of the Shrine and the many folks who went there hoping for a miracle really struck home. I remember the racks of crutches and canes on the wall of the church left by people who claimed to have been cured. In this story, there is chaos when three people all claim to have been cured at the same time leading to humour for the reader but also a dilemma for the Catholic Church.

Boyle's technique in supplying humour is very subtle and sneaks up on the reader and for me in many instances made me laugh out loud.
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Obres
8
Membres
76
Popularitat
#233,522
Valoració
½ 3.7
Ressenyes
2
ISBN
13
Preferit
1

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