The Big Yank: Memoir of a Boy Growing Up Irish

Coming of age memoir about growing up in Ireland in the late 60's/early 70's. From the age of nine, the author was made smuggle food supplies from the North of Ireland into the South, in order to increase profits from his father's restaurant business. From there we are introduced to his Grandfather, a lovable rogue whose self-entertainment pranks know no bounds. Growing up in an impoverished family and era, the author was fairly much forced to cut his childhood short and assume a man's role...