Merrion Press 🔖 has just publisheda new book byEamon Carr.
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PURE
GOLD
Memorable
Conversations with Remarkable People
Eamon Carr
In the late 1980s Horslips lyricist and drummer Eamon Carr began his journalistic career by conducting interviews with an eclectic mix of famous people. Told in Carr’s immediate, entertaining style, Pure Gold is a portal to a time before practised TV chat show performances and the churn of social media sound bites, providing honest and sometimes introspective insights into the private lives of global stars and national treasures, such as Jack Charlton, Eartha Kitt, Shane MacGowan and Malcolm McLaren.
A natural raconteur, Carr soon discovered that people were eager to share their stories with him, from J.P. Donleavy’s accounts of his mercurial friendship with Brendan Behan to Brenda Fricker’s memories of delivering her acceptance speech when she became the first Irish woman ever to win an Oscar.
Almost cinematic in his descriptions, Carr’s conversations with this cast of luminaries are searingly honest, irreverent and profound, highlighting the humanity that unites us all. Pure Gold is a treasure trove of interviews that will remain with the reader long after the book is closed.
Writer, musician and art historian Eamon Carr is a widely published commentator on culture, arts and sport. A member of Horslips, he co-wrote and recorded a series of innovative best-selling albums. His published work includes The Origami Crow, Deirdre Unforgiven, Foundation Song and Showbusiness with Blood. His dramas include DUSK and CúChulainn Awakes.
‘A time capsule of treasures from one of our most gifted
interviewers’ – John
Connolly
‘A wonderful read’–
John Creedon
‘Insightful, quirky and
eclectic’ –
Martina Devlin
Merrion Press 🔖 has just publisheda new book byEamon Carr.
OUT NOW
PURE
GOLD
Memorable
Conversations with Remarkable People
Eamon Carr
In the late 1980s Horslips lyricist and drummer Eamon Carr began his journalistic career by conducting interviews with an eclectic mix of famous people. Told in Carr’s immediate, entertaining style, Pure Gold is a portal to a time before practised TV chat show performances and the churn of social media sound bites, providing honest and sometimes introspective insights into the private lives of global stars and national treasures, such as Jack Charlton, Eartha Kitt, Shane MacGowan and Malcolm McLaren.
A natural raconteur, Carr soon discovered that people were eager to share their stories with him, from J.P. Donleavy’s accounts of his mercurial friendship with Brendan Behan to Brenda Fricker’s memories of delivering her acceptance speech when she became the first Irish woman ever to win an Oscar.
Almost cinematic in his descriptions, Carr’s conversations with this cast of luminaries are searingly honest, irreverent and profound, highlighting the humanity that unites us all. Pure Gold is a treasure trove of interviews that will remain with the reader long after the book is closed.
Writer, musician and art historian Eamon Carr is a widely published commentator on culture, arts and sport. A member of Horslips, he co-wrote and recorded a series of innovative best-selling albums. His published work includes The Origami Crow, Deirdre Unforgiven, Foundation Song and Showbusiness with Blood. His dramas include DUSK and CúChulainn Awakes.
‘A time capsule of treasures from one of our most gifted
interviewers’ – John
Connolly
‘A wonderful read’–
John Creedon
‘Insightful, quirky and
eclectic’ –
Martina Devlin
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
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