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Frank McCourt dies at 78, per NY Times.
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07.19.09, 05:25 PM [ Flag ]
- Angela's Ashes was one of the most depressing books I have ever read. What did FM die of?
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  07.19.09, 05:26 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - melanoma
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    07.19.09, 06:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Oh that's sad, he was a terrific writer
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  07.19.09, 05:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Meningitis I think.
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    07.19.09, 06:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- i hated angela's ashes. he was too judgemental about his mother, imo.
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  07.19.09, 06:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - the Irish are often like that....famines and poverty breed contempt
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    07.19.09, 06:19 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - i'm the one who hated it and i am 3/4 irish. if you read the time article about his death it's all about how he came to terms with his dad's alcoholism, but when you read the book all i get is his disappointment in his mother.
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      07.19.09, 06:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - ^^ also, didn't realize the irish had cornered the market on famine or poverty. and can we get past the irish famine which happened over 150 years ago?
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        07.19.09, 06:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - i'm 100 percent irish, and often find irish humor, fiction, poetry very dark. it's inculcated in the land.
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        07.19.09, 06:24 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        it's not the dark that bothers me. it's the 'parent who sticks around gets the shaft while parent who leaves is loved' and that's not particular to just the irish.
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        07.19.09, 06:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]