The Harbor Boys by Hugo Hamilton (who is a wonderfully talented writer—by the way) has gotten some of its due in the New York Times Book Review‘s “Paperback Row.” As follows:
Hamilton’s lyrical memoir, “The Speckled People” (2003), described growing up in the 1960s Dublin as the son of an anti-Nazi German immigrant mother and an Irish nationalist father who would not allow English to be spoken at home. “The Harbor Boys” finds young Hugo eager to escape the domestic turmoil, but his summer job involves him in conflict between his Catholic boss and a Protestant fisherman as the Troubles worsen in the North.
The cover is conveniently pictured on the right and below:
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