Title: Tired barstool tales retold to capitalize on Frank's success
Review: I agree that M. McCourt's book should not be compared with Angela's Ashes. One is a heartfelt and beautifully written childhood memoir; the other is a hodgepodge of apochryphal stories, much embellished over the years, put down on paper to make a fast buck. I am not surprised by M. McCourt's desire to do this. The praise lavished on the book's style and language by people who should know better is a surprise. I find the book thin,self involved and above all intensely repetitive. Change the names, change the location,add the usual diatribe about the Brits and you've completed another chapter. This was easy money for Malachy McCourt. Thank heaven mine was a borrowed copy. I own Angela's Ashes, book and unabridged on tape. But then as we have all agreed the two books should not be compared!
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