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Book Review of A Monk Swimming

A Monk Swimming
A Monk Swimming
Author: Malachy McCourt
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 2


This is the memoirs of the larger than life, hard-drinking Malachy McCourt. Born in America, rasied in Ireland and then back to New York as an teen. He made a name for himself in New York city as the first celebrity bartender. He was a social mixer, a writer, an actor of stage and screen. His gift for blarney made him a regular on the Tonight Show.

This book is darkly funny. But he does tell his story with passion, wit, irreverence and charm. This was a fun read.