At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O'Neill
Publisher: Scribner

Think Jamie O'Neill's `At Swim, Two Boys', think Colm Tóibín's `Mothers and Sons' or `The Master.' No, just read Richard Kramer. He was even going under water by the end. [393] At Swim, Two Boys – Jamie O'Neill. As the title of the book indicates, Jamie O'Neill's At Swim, Two Boys, published in 2001, refers back to Flann O'Brien's At Swim-Two-Birds (1939). My other favourite writers include Jamie O'Neill ('At Swim, Two Boys' my Top Read), John McGahern, Brian Moore, Pat Barker, Bernard MacLaverty, Rohinton Mistry, James Joyce and Charles Dickens. I read this recently and was amazed by it. Publisher's blurb: Set in Dublin, At Swim, Two Boys follows the year to Easter 1916, the time of Ireland's brave but fractured uprising against British rule. Banks of clouds, Howth just one more bank, rolled to sea, where other Howths grumbled to greet them. It's long, about 600-and-odd pages, but it's beautiful. € Grey morning dulled the bay. It's set in Ireland during the First World War, leading up to Easter 1916. Posted on August 10, 2011 by Matthew. Sure enough, he quickly got used to it and started having fun. At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill.