The Short Stories Of John B Keane

Download or read book The Short Stories of John B. Keane written by John B. Keane and published by Mercier Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are more shades to John B. Keane's humour than there are colours in the rainbow. Compassion, shrewdness and a glorious sense of fun and roguery are evident in this collection, which brings together all John B's short stories. Included are gems such as A Hanging and Guaranteed Pure.

Download or read book The Teapots Are Out and Other Eccentric Tales from Ireland written by John B. Keane and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2004-02-10 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fitting tribute to John B. Keane, for decades Ireland's favorite storyteller, this winning short story collection typifies the late author's folkloric imagination and storytelling arts. These are congenial tales, too, as this literary legend views the foibles and fallibilities of Irish country folk with abundant compassion as well as a shrewd, sometimes sardonic eye. Add to that Keane's glorious sense of fun and roguery that will make readers relish all the more how and why, in "Fred Rimble," Jim Conlon kills the best friend he ever had. Or how Willie Ramley determines that his future wife will be "Guaranteed Pure." Or how, to tragic as well as comic effect, a gasp, garlic, and gossip undo Denny Bruder in "The Hanging." In all, Keane uncovers the folly in the romantic pangs, exalted aspirations, misguided mischief, and everyday shortcomings of the characters in the village of his storyteller's mind-and beyond the folly finds their humanity.

Download or read book The Celebrated Letters of John B. Keane written by John B. Keane and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 1996 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The humorous words of John B. Keane live on in Celebrated Letters of John B. Keane, More Celebrated Letters, The Best of John B. Keane and The Short Stories of John B. Keane.

Download or read book An Irish Christmas Feast written by John B. Keane and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-10-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of over fifty stories that captures the excitement, romance, and playful mischief associated with Christmastime in County Kerry, Ireland.

Download or read book Irish Stories for Christmas written by John B. Keane and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Warm Bed on a Cold Night, and Other Stories written by John B. Keane and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of works by John B. Keane. The social habits of the Irish feature prominently in these pieces. He ruminates on the pleasures of beer drinking, the pursuits of cornerboys and the comfort of A Warm Bed On A Cold Night.

Download or read book The Contractors written by John B Keane and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Dan Murray, who emigrated to England in 1952. He finds work as a building labourer and in time he becomes a building contractor.John B. Keane captures the turbulent, bawdy, anarchic life of Irish contractors and labourers as they try to make it big in England. Told in his usual hilarious and bulls-eye accurate style.