Long Time, No See (Hardcover) 9780670023608

from wandering_star

Long Time, No See by Dermot Healy seems to be the story of a teenage boy's life, in all the mundane detail: his eccentric great-uncle, the errands he runs for the neighbours, his sort-of girlfriend. It's an Early Reviewer book and many of the other reviews say that after a slow start it picks up ...

from teresa1953

This is a somewhat puzzling novel. Dermot Healy's writing is quite beautiful, lyrical in a way. The story, however, was disappointing. The author jumps from one occurrence to another and so I found no cohesion in the telling of this tale. Don't get me wrong, the characters are well drawn and the ...

from AndrewBlackman

Have you ever read a book all the way through and felt that you missed something really big? You get that unsettling feeling that perhaps the whole thing is one big allegory that you failed to get. Or maybe you were daydreaming through the crucial paragraph that knits the whole book together. Tha...

from Fluffyblue

This book took me a little time to get into. I kept thinking, "I'll give it 100 pages", and I'm glad I did because slowly I found myself being immersed in the world of Psyche (or Philip as he properly known). The book is mainly dialogue, but you can feel the irishness oozing out of the writing. T...

from Clurb

It took me quite a while to finish Long Time, No See. I felt like each chapter churned over old ground and the story failed to progress in any satisfying way for me. What kept me going were the intriguing and often quite likable characters. JoeJoe, in particular, I thought to be a very tragi-comi...