Title: Try the audio version
Review: Malachy McCourt is an actor, not a writer. As somebody once said of Finnegan's Wake, it only makes sense when spoken aloud, with a faint brogue. He has no eye; so you often have read and reread sentences to understand what he means, and his syntax is needlessly elaborate. He does have the Irish instinct for wordplay--he calls his brother's fiancee "The War Department". But what gave "Angela's Ashes" its power was a certain restraint and understatement. None of that here. Since this book would never have seen print without the success of his brother's, Malachy will just have to endure the comparisons. Get that money.
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