The Short Stories of John B. Keane

Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Mercier Press
ISBN: 9781856353441
Category : Humorous stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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.

Short Stories of John B. Keane

Author: John B Keane
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781170144
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Classic pieces from the much loved John B. which represent the distillation of the experience of a funny, witty, wise and passionate observer of the bright tapestry of Irish life. This is a collection to prize. All human life is here, and Keane tells its story in an astonishing procession of remarkable characters and in rare humorous glimpses of his own career. 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 John B. Keane's tales. A fitting tribute to John B. Keane, for decades Ireland's favourite storyteller, this winning short story collection typifies the late author's folkloric imagination and storytelling arts.

The Teapots Are Out and Other Eccentric Tales from Ireland

Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Running Press Adult
ISBN: 0786748990
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143

Book Description
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.

The Celebrated Letters of John B. Keane

Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781856351560
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396

Book Description
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.

Irish Stories for Christmas

Author: John B. Keane
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781879373976
Category : Christmas stories
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description

The Little Book of John B. Keane

Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Mercier Press
ISBN: 9781856353212
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The best and most humorous lines in all John B. Keane's writings, selected by himself and presented in convenient small format. The book includes the classics: 'A play about sex in Ireland is always ahead of its time.''He thought felo de se was a chap from Ballybunion.''The secret of sex is not to take it seriously.''Marriage is a long, difficult confrontation with short outbreaks of peace.'

Irish Short Stories

Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Irish Amer Book Company
ISBN: 9780853428190
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94

Book Description

An Irish Christmas Feast

Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1616084308
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
A collection of over fifty stories that captures the excitement, romance, and playful mischief associated with Christmastime in County Kerry, Ireland.

The Contractors

Author: John B Keane
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
ISBN: 1781170231
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 408

Book Description
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.