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    Against the Wind: Memoir of a Dissident Dubliner: N/A
    Against the Wind: Memoir of a Dissident Dubliner: N/A
    Against the Wind: Memoir of a Dissident Dubliner: N/A
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    Against the Wind: Memoir of a Dissident Dubliner: N/A

    Written by James A O'Brien

    Narrated by Gary Furlong

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    About this audiobook

    Set in Dublin during the years of the Second World

    War and in England during the post-war years of

    the 1950s and 1960s Against the Wind is a lively

    and compelling memoir.

    It is the story of a young man of independent mind and feisty

    spirit who refuses to accept the constraints and strictures of a

    closed Irish society. And who through economic necessity, at a very

    young age, is forced to live and work in ‘Pagan England’ the land

    of ‘the enemy’. There he learns to ‘like the English’ and learns of

    ‘freedoms that he knew very little about’ in ‘holy Ireland’.

    A wealth of varying and informative material and the ability to

    anchor the personal securely within the public domain gives this

    memoir a universal appeal.

    The narrative has all the ingredients for a compelling read –vivid

    and varied characters brought alive on the page, compelling setting

    and historical relevance and interest. The prologue whets our

    appetite for what is to come and the mixture of recollection, poetry

    and historical information drawstrings the narrative together well.

    Astute observation and character portrayal are the strengths of the

    work, as is the accessible tone of the narrative voice in which the

    author employs a light touch that has just the right amount of wit and sobriety.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ A O'Brien
    Release dateJul 31, 2019
    ISBN9781987190045
    Against the Wind: Memoir of a Dissident Dubliner: N/A

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      The narrator was decent. The story was very brief, left me wanting more. Excellent first off characters, circumstances, descriptions of the times and places. But too little too late. Then all of a sudden it’s Australia, out of the blue is the answer to all life’s ills. O’ ye Ireland, England and America can all suck a pigs arse now though? If I saw the author in my local Irish American Pub, owned by my English American friend, I’d request pints of Fosters Bass and a Guinness too. The Fosters over the authors head, the Bass for The Piccadilly Brew, then I can sip the Guinness with a smile, as all proud Irishman do.