Lux Humana – Book of the Week 22 / 2011 : Carry Me Down

M. J. Hyland : Carry Me Down , (2006)

Publisher’s description:

“Ireland, 1971, John Egan is a misfit, ‘a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant who insists on the ridiculous truth’. With an obsession for the “Guinness Book of Records” and faith in his ability to detect when adults are lying, John remains hopeful despite the unfortunate cards life deals him. During one year in John’s life, from his voice breaking, through the breaking-up of his home life, to the near collapse of his sanity, we witness the gradual unsticking of John’s mind, and the trouble that creates for him and his family.”

Access in Helka-database:

https://helka.linneanet.fi/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=Finnish&DB=local&Search_Arg=1-84195-971-5%20&SL=None&Search_Code=020B&CNT=50&HIST=1&init=1

Articles:
 

I’m a human lie detector, honest

Geraldine Bedell

The Observer , 23 April, 2006

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/apr/23/fiction.features4

A heartrendingly domestic work full of compassion from M. J. Hyland

Gregory Day

The Age , March 4, 2006

http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/carry-me-down/2006/03/03/1141191834099.html

Listening to the child within

Tom Gatti

The Times , April 8, 2006

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article702703.ece

Dry wit and sticky moments of an Irish childhood

Patricia Craig

The Independent , 28 April, 2006

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/carry-me-down-by-m-j-hyland-475835.html

M.J. Hyland’s study of the hypocrisies that taint human behaviour

James Lay

The Sydney Morning Herald , March 30, 2006

http://www.smh.com.au/news/book-reviews/carry-me-down/2006/03/06/1141493573315.html

 Enormous 11-year-old with gigantic troubles

Anne Julie Wyman

San Francisco Chronicle , March 19, 2006

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/19/RVGU9GJAKK1.DTL

Helping hands

Kate Thompson

The Guardian , 22 April, 2006

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/apr/22/featuresreviews.guardianreview30

An Analysis Of Main Character Conflicts In  M.J. Hyland’s Carry Me Down

Yossy Fadly

University of Sumatra , 11 May, 2011

http://repository.usu.ac.id/handle/123456789/24147

 
 

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