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A scantily-dressed girl dancing in a lighted window jolts Francis Copeland from his world of books. Francis, now approaching middleage, whose life and marriage are in a rut, fantasises about the girl and finds it hard to accept, as he discovers later, that she is Judy, a dancer in the local pub. The hidden world of the avenue unfolds to Francis. Who is Myrtle, his wife? (Does she genuinely go to bingo every Tuesday night?). He does not know her. Who are the real parents of the street kid Freddy? Who was the neighbour whose car killed Francis’ mother when Francis was twelve years old? Raw suburban truths are exposed as Francis, with the help of the local children, slowly unravels the secrets of the avenue.
The Avenue, by James Lawless- Amazon Sales Rank: #1569258 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-09
- Released on: 2015-10-09
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review ''As much a critique of social ills and suburban decay as a tale of community angst in the areas left behind by the boom, this is a powerful, emotive work from Dublin-born author James Lawless, who has been shortlisted for a Hennessy and WOW award. With a seamless narrative and engaging, pacy plot, this book comes recommended." Julian Fleming in The Sunday Business Post, "Stuck in a council house with an aggressive, sneering wife and her best friend for bad company, Franky Copeland is lonely. He has developed an easy rapport with the kids who spend their days booting footballs into his garden, but everything changes when one of them is killed after being threatened by one of the estate's cider-drinking loans. Franky soon finds himself drawn into a web of spite and malice, entangling the lithe exhibitionist from across the street, the dead boy's father and even his wife and her willing accomplice.Sunday Business Post5.0 out of 5 stars. By Sara Hadi - Published on Amazon.com 'Don't you just love a story that comes with the word 'secret' in its description? Well, I do, and I'm just one of those people who cannot resist such a read... Nowadays, when just about everyone thinks they can write a good novel-and what's worse it gets published too!-it gets extremely difficult to choose something new and good to read.That said, I cannot recommend The Avenue by Lawless enough. I loved reading The Avenue, and I loved getting to know the people living there through the mind of Francis Copeland.'
From the Author The Avenue represents my response to the myth of suburbia as a panacea for the ills of society. The story hangs essentially as a picture of suburban degeneration. My family like a lot of others moved from inner city to the suburbs for the 'open space and fresh air'(I had asthma as a child). However, in moving we unwittingly left behind a world with a strong community spirit for an anonymous sprawl where social interaction was at a minimum. The open spaces soon filled in as houses and the population increased, cars multiplied and the former inner-city congestion, from which people had previously fled, was now itself an intrinsic element of a suburban/city commuting lifestyle. But little heed was paid to the social changes that followed: the permanent traffic jams, the noise, the former city communities ripped apart to make highways to facilitate the suburban commuters, the two parent incomes, the latch-key children, the new landscape of industrial debris, used condoms, cider bottles, lager cans and of course the lethal drug culture. All the time the scream was bursting through the spreading graffiti on suburban walls. But the powers that be refused to hear. The novel is not all gloom however. Although it may be read as I have said as a picture of suburban degeneration, it is paralleled, despite the calamities, by a story of human regeneration, particularly in the characters of Francis and Michael and even - almost contradictorily - Francis' father. My intention was to use the avenue as a trawling device to pierce the anonymity of a waste land. I perceive the avenue almost as one would a country village, small inward-looking with its hidden past and secrets, a crucible if you like in which the characters live entrapped lives and as a consequence (consciously or otherwise) are almost incestuously interlinked. Or to put it in the words of Francis' old cottage neighbour, Mrs Dempsey: 'The avenue cared for her own.'
From the Back Cover A scantily-dressed girl dancing in a lighted window jolts Francis Copeland from his world of books. Francis, now approaching middleage, whose life and marriage are in a rut, fantasises about the girl and finds it hard to accept, as he discovers later, that she is Judy, a dancer in the local pub. The hidden world of the avenue unfolds to Francis. Who is Myrtle, his wife? (Does she genuinely go to bingo every Tuesday night?). He does not know her. Who are the real parents of the street kid Freddy? Who was the neighbour whose car killed Francis' mother when Francis was twelve years old? Raw suburban truths are exposed as Francis, with the help of the local children, slowly unravels the secrets of the avenue. 'James Lawless has a mighty thoughtful and penetrating capacity to make you gasp and rage and then burst out laughing: wheels within wheels, circles within circles, this book is very good.' Jennifer Johnston. 'A work of passion and truth, which captures a moment of painful transition in the national story. If a multicultural England has drawn a map of itself in Brick Lane, so has a postmodern Ireland traced its past and present in The Avenue. James Lawless has revealed with indignation and art, yet another Hidden Ireland beyond the imaginings of our ancestors.' Declan Kiberd. 'As much a critique of social ills and suburban decay as a tale of community angst in the areas left behind by the boom... this book comes recommended.' Julian Fleming, Sunday Business Post. 'It was pretty page-turning and struck me as a much better portrayal of Irish life in transition from traditional to modern than many a more self-consciously reminiscent tale.' Roslyn Fuller, Metro Éireann.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. City or Suburb Life Makes Little Difference By Marc Stern In James Lawless' "The Avenue," the differences in the mores between city and suburban life are explored through the use of weak men and strong women. The poor pathetic hero of the piece, library Francis Copeland, is haunted by a virago of a wife who was once a temptress but is now a shadow of herself, sunken into meanness by her own shrewish ness. She and her friend Myrtle are constantly on the poor schlep who is also the "hero" of the piece.His only escape is books and stories and to get away from the woman who is now making his life a misery he reads incessantly, often living in the worlds inside his head.How different the city and the suburbs with their trees and open windows and young women, the husband think as he views a young women getting ready for a date or bed or something. She's not dressed in much and our tortured husband finds that he has to live in the land of his mind again, just to get away.That, perhaps most of all, in this beautifully written book, shows that while folks believe that the suburbs and suburban life, where the husband and wife end up, aren't much different than city life. It's just that the yards are bigger.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Suburban Malaise in Ireland By AD Simmons "The Avenue" is a book that could have been written about any suburban area in any country in the entire world. Francis is a man in a marriage gone cold is expertly depicted by Lawless. The wife and the friend will remind many of the readers of people they already know.Francis has a good rapport with the kids but when one dies things get really interesting. He doesn't have children of his own and has lived his life a la "Walter Mitty". His fantasy world is a distraction for the dull realities of his life. The most important thing to take away from this novel is that there really is not a "utopia", a place that is free from the social ills that happen in the world. It doesn't matter where the community lies ugly things will happen. The beauty of the book is that it is a testament to the human spirit triumphing over the human condition.While this is set in Ireland it can be transposed onto any suburban landscape. The accuracy with which the author captures the conditions of life in the midst of the storms is terrifying. This is definitely a must read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The Avenue - Another great Lawless book! By Crystal Lanham I am a HUGE Lawless fan, so naturally I thought this book was great. James Lawless is a flawless writer that finds his home in Ireland. This alone impacts his writing enough to make all of his books very interesting reads.Great look...like his other books, The Avenue is clean, professionally edited and proof read, for an enjoyable reading experience.Francis Copeland is the main character in this particular book, a librarian who finds himself resigned to a life in a unhappy and childless marriage. Over the years his wife has become more and more withdrawn, almost seeming heartless. Reading stories and books is the avenue he uses to escape his miserable life...Great read, great price!
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