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The fields

Set in 1980s Dublin and London, THE FIELDS tells the vividly evocative story of Jim Finnegan's unfairly interrupted adolescence. I slept right through to the next day. Missed the funeral and everything. Mam said it was just as well. Would've been too upsetting. I think of him now, though. Right at this moment. Here in this kitchen. And I wonder if it could've been different. Dublin, 1984: Ireland is a divided country, the Parish Priest remains a figure of immense authority and Jim Finnegan is thirteen years old, the youngest in a family of five sisters. Life in Jim's world consists of dealing with his rumbustious family, taking breakneck bike rides with his best friend, and quietly coveting the local girls from afar. But during the Donohues raucous annual party, Jim captures both the attention of the beautiful Saidhbh and the unwanted desires of the devious and dangerous Father Luke O'Culigeen. Bounced between his growing love for Saidhbh and his need to avoid the dreaded O'Culigeen, Jim's life starts to unravel. He and Saidhbh take a ferry for a clandestine trip to London that has dark and difficult repercussions, forcing Jim to look for the solutions to all his problems in some very unusual places.

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  • "In 1984 Dublin, thirteen-year-old Jim is dealing with a dysfunctional family and abuse from Father Luke O'Culigeen, all this fades however, when he meets Saidhbh Donohue, girlfriend of a local thug, and ends up running away with her to London."
  • "Set in 1980s Dublin and London, THE FIELDS tells the vividly evocative story of Jim Finnegan's unfairly interrupted adolescence. I slept right through to the next day. Missed the funeral and everything. Mam said it was just as well. Would've been too upsetting. I think of him now, though. Right at this moment. Here in this kitchen. And I wonder if it could've been different. Dublin, 1984: Ireland is a divided country, the Parish Priest remains a figure of immense authority and Jim Finnegan is thirteen years old, the youngest in a family of five sisters. Life in Jim's world consists of dealing with his rumbustious family, taking breakneck bike rides with his best friend, and quietly coveting the local girls from afar. But during the Donohues raucous annual party, Jim captures both the attention of the beautiful Saidhbh and the unwanted desires of the devious and dangerous Father Luke O'Culigeen. Bounced between his growing love for Saidhbh and his need to avoid the dreaded O'Culigeen, Jim's life starts to unravel. He and Saidhbh take a ferry for a clandestine trip to London that has dark and difficult repercussions, forcing Jim to look for the solutions to all his problems in some very unusual places."@en
  • "Dublin, 1984: Ireland is a divided country, the parish priest remains a figure of immense authority who commands absolute respect, and Jim Finnegan is thirteen years old, the youngest in a family of five sisters. Life for Jim consists of dealing with his rumbustious family, taking breakneck bike-rides with his best friend, and secretly coveting the local girls. But after a delicate rendition of 'The Fields of Athenry' at the Donohues' annual party, Jim attracts both the attention of the beautiful Saidhbh Donohue and the unwanted desires of the dangerous Father Luke O'Culigeen. Caught between his love for Saidhbh and abuse at the hands of O'Culigeen, Jim's life starts to unravel. And soon he is forced to find a solution to all his problems in some unusual places."
  • "Helen Macdowell gets hit in the face with a hockey ball. That's how it starts. Yes. The beginning of the end. All downhill from there. Helen's beautiful. She's got this light brown wavy flowy hair that curls back from her forehead. Her face is round, and her nose is soft and slightly ski-slopey. Her lips are browny pink, but shiny with lip gloss. And her eyes, Jesus, her eyes are crystal blue, really clear blue, no dirty bits in the blue. She's beautiful and she's going to be a nurse, or an airhostess, or a private investigator. At least that's what my sister Fiona says, and she should know. South Dublin, 1984. Meet Jim, thirteen: the runt of the litter at home and plankton in the school food chain. Opposite in every way is the dazzling Saidhbh Donohue'older and sophisticated and the girlfriend of local thug Mozzo. Nonetheless, after a drunken but beautiful rendition of "The Fields of Athenry" at the Donohues, our hero captures the attention not just of Saidhbh but also that of the dangerous Father Luke O'Culigeen. Bounced between his nascent love for Saidhbh and the abuse he receives at the hands of O'Culigeen, his life starts to unravel, and he and Saidhbh make their way to London. Here the novel takes a wild turn as Jim becomes involved with the School of Astral Sciences, tapping into his heretofore unrealized healing powers. When the pedophile O'Culigeen reappears on the scene and bad news arrives from home, the narrator finds his surprising new abilities put to the test. Funny, moving and unforgettable, The Fields is a compelling, hugely original novel of interrupted adolescence."@en
  • "A warm and funny debut about a young man in trouble and a family in love and in pieces. Over the summer, Jim wins the attention of a beautiful older girl-but he also becomes the unwilling target of a devious religious figure in the community. His life starts to unravel as he faces consequences from both his love for his girlfriend and his attempts to avoid the Parish Priest. When he and his girlfriend take a ferry for a clandestine trip to London, the dark and difficult repercussions from the trip force Jim to look for the solution to all his problems in some very unusual places. THE FIELDS is an unforgettable story of an extraordinary character. It's a portrait of a boy who sinks into troubles as he grows into a man, and the loving but fractured family that might be his downfall-or his salvation. Lyrical, funny, and endlessly inventive, it is a brilliant debut from a remarkable new voice."@en
  • "A warm and funny debut about a young man in trouble and a family in love and in pieces. It's the first summer of lust for 14-year-old Jim Finnegan, a boy trying to become a man in 1980s Dublin. Jim's vivid and winning voice leaps off the page and into the reader's heart as he watches his parents argue, his five older sisters fight, and the local network of mothers gossip. Jim hilariously recounts his life dealing with the politics of his boisterous family, taking breakneck bike rides with his best friend, dancing to Foreigner on his boombox, and quietly coveting the local girls from afar. Over the summer, Jim wins the attention of a beautiful older girl-but he also becomes the unwilling target of a devious religious figure in the community. His life starts to unravel as he faces consequences from both his love for his girlfriend and his attempts to avoid the Parish Priest. When he and his girlfriend take a ferry for a clandestine trip to London, the dark and difficult repercussions from the trip force Jim to look for the solution to all his problems in some very unusual places. THE FIELDS is an unforgettable story of an extraordinary character. It's a portrait of a boy who sinks into troubles as he grows into a man, and the loving but fractured family that might be his downfall-or his salvation. Lyrical, funny, and endlessly inventive, it is a brilliant debut from a remarkable new voice."

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  • "Irské romány (anglicky)"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "General fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Irish fiction (English)"

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  • "Pole"
  • "The fields"@en
  • "The fields"
  • "The Fields : a novel"
  • "Fields"@en
  • "The Fields"
  • "The Fields A Novel"@en
  • "Fields a Novel"@en

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