![]() ![]() ![]() Safely havened under its roof, the siblings reminisce, sharing stories which go right back to the Blitz in London’s East End. Frequenting, that is, not as visitors but as workers, on display for anyone with the ready cash for a good night out – or just that single pint, cradled in sweaty palms for going on an hour of an evening.ĭan’s sister, Una, is not what she was, and he has her stashed in a nursing home in Margate. His sister, mother and auntie are also knocking about London, frequenting the hotspots of Piccadilly and Soho. Hailing from Currabawn, Dan ends up in Killiburn, London home of so many exiles from his own country. What fun and what a joy to find that vital, energetic tone of the narrator in The Butcher Boy, here lent to Dan Fogarty and his band of intimates. ![]()
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