Bookworm
Peter Behrens: The O'Briens
Peter Behrens on his epic family saga, a compelling tale of Irish immigration during the first half of the twentieth century.
By Michael Silverblatt • • 30m ListenThe O'Briens (Pantheon)
Bookworm, a family saga worth the name. Not sentimental, not choppy and episodic, rather awash in the sights, sounds, flavors and odors of the past. We follow the Irish-Canadian O'Brien family through two world wars to the 1960's in prose that feels the movement of time.
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