Reading Aloud And Allowed
TPQ: What are you currently reading?
PM: Southside Provisional by Kieran Conway. I usually devote ninety per cent of reading time to books written by figures in Irish history.
TPQ: Best and worst books you have ever read?
PM: Best is The Body by Stephen King. Worst - Gerry Adams Hope And History as I only enjoy harmless fiction.
TPQ: Book most cherished as a child?
PM: The Body by Stephen King in teen years and The Famous Five as a younger child. Enjoyed many of the Irish mythical legends which I repurchased and read to my own children. Children like adventure I suppose.
PM: The Body by Stephen King in teen years and The Famous Five as a younger child. Enjoyed many of the Irish mythical legends which I repurchased and read to my own children. Children like adventure I suppose.
TPQ: Favourite Childhood author?
PM: Enid Blyton
TPQ: First book to really own you.
PM: The Outsiders by SE Hinton.
TPQ: Favourite male and female author?
PM: Stephen King 📑 Kisten Hannah
TPQ: A preference for fact or fiction?
PM: Fact these days as I mostly read books by figures in history. But facts are absolute, and personal accounts can be subjective so I suppose you've got to be applying your own filters too.
PM: Stephen King 📑 Kisten Hannah
TPQ: A preference for fact or fiction?
PM: Fact these days as I mostly read books by figures in history. But facts are absolute, and personal accounts can be subjective so I suppose you've got to be applying your own filters too.
TPQ: Biography, autobiography or memoir that most impressed you.
PM: Ruairí Ó Brádaigh: The Life and Politics of an Irish Revolutionary. Few cannot admire the resolute and principled position of the man. His projections of where Provisionalism would go were so accurate because he'd seen it all before. The vision of Éire Nua was never fully embraced and the irony in the smear of him going from a sop to unionism to hard-line dissident is laughable.
TPQ: Any author or book you point blank refuse to read?
PM: No interest in reading anything promoting the British Colonial system or Monarchy. Where could you start? Plain Tales From The British Empire by Charles Allen or anything up that street. The psychological damage gained wouldn't be worth the insight into the thinking.
TPQ: A book to share with somebody so that they would more fully understand you.
PM: Ninety per cent of all I read is politically or socially based. I really enjoyed Bandit Country by Toby Harnden and admire the close knit fabric of South Armagh and the generational resistance within the DNA. There's a great line in there that the only bandits around here are the British army.
PM: No interest in reading anything promoting the British Colonial system or Monarchy. Where could you start? Plain Tales From The British Empire by Charles Allen or anything up that street. The psychological damage gained wouldn't be worth the insight into the thinking.
TPQ: A book to share with somebody so that they would more fully understand you.
PM: Ninety per cent of all I read is politically or socially based. I really enjoyed Bandit Country by Toby Harnden and admire the close knit fabric of South Armagh and the generational resistance within the DNA. There's a great line in there that the only bandits around here are the British army.
TPQ: Last book you gave as a present?
PM: Freddie Mercury: A Life, In His Own Words to my wife who loves the genius and tragedy of the character
PM: Freddie Mercury: A Life, In His Own Words to my wife who loves the genius and tragedy of the character
TPQ: Book you would most like to see turned into a movie?
PM: One I have yet to read but will once I finish what I'm on. On The Brinks by Sam Millar and I think this may happen.
TPQ: The just must - select one book you simply have to read before you close the final page on life.
PM: The Truth by Gerry Adams 👀. Perhaps as that curtain draws I'll say the bible but all joking aside maybe A Brief History Of Time by Stephen Hawkin or something to stimulate continuous curiosity to ask the big man. Looking forward to getting hold of The Yank by John Crawley soon too.
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| Paddy Mooney is an Independent Socialist Republican Activist. |
Paddy,
ReplyDeletea lot of stuff here I am familiar with.
Haven't read Stephen King in years but loved him in the Blocks. Must get The Body on audiobook if I can from the library. Love listening to audio books.
I enjoyed Southside Provisional and Bandit Country - you should read The Yank if you haven't yet managed to.
On The Brinks is brilliant.
AM,
DeleteThe Body was made into the film Stand By Me with young River Pheonix. In the same King novella of 4 stories was also Rita Hayworth and the Shawsank Redemption which needs no introduction. While these 2 are undoubted greats it's the other one that was brilliant. Apt Pupil was an amazing story unfortunately not made into a great movie despite a decent attempt by Sir Ian McKellen. I'll not spoil it for you here. The 4th story is being turned into a movie but this may prove a bit trickier as you'll see once you read it. The book of The Shawshank Redemption is far better than the movie which is still fantastic in opinion.
Mick Hall comments
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading Paddy Mooney’s Bookers Dozen, the truth by Gerry Adams made me smile, we are all looking out for this book although I fear we will be disappointed😂.
Southside Provisional, The Life and Politics of an Irish Revolutionary, Bandit Country and on the Brinks are on my own book shelf’s too. All are good reads. (Your right Paddy the only bandits around here are the British army is a great line)
I wasn’t a fan of Queen but I understood Freddie’s worth, I saw him going into a London hospital just before he died, a tragic figure, it brought tear to my eyes.
I have never read Stephen King nor Kisten Hannah but as Paddy seems to have good judgment I will take his word for it and look them up.
Overall a witty and worthy BD
Steve - I have read The Body then. It was a long time ago, so long, in fact, I no longer remember. Because I read Different Seasons.
ReplyDeleteIt's an amazing book of 4 stories, just one of which any author would be proud to call their own.
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