The Life And Times Of A Tea Boy

Ambrose Feeney has seen his hopes dashed by others' influence and his own inertia. His Limerick is an old siege city of walls, both real and psychological. This book begins with the recollection of a Christmas past, and ends with the entrance of the principal character into a lunatic asylum; a crisis in personal growth that mirrors the nation's.

Résumé
An original and wicked first novel set in the post-War years - by an author shortlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize.