Title: A little too cute for me...
Product review: Celibates and Other Lovers is a novel written like a series of intertwined short stories, never quite coming together as a true novel should. Taking place in the village of Creevagh, this slight book is an example of "cute" Irish literature, with its silly characters, the expected Irish wake, and the overwhelming authority of the Roman Catholic church; all pushed together to form this superficial look at rural Ireland in the 40's and 50's. (Although you rarely get a good sense of time period other than the occasional pointed reference.) On the other hand, my mother, a first generation Irish-American, loved this book and found it to be very truthful, so I might not be the perfect audience for this one.
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