A Son Called Gabriel

by Damian McNicholl

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Gabriel Harkin is the eldest of four children in a working-class family in 1960s Northern Ireland, struggling through a loving, if often brutal, childhood. In the staunchly Catholic community to which Gabriel belongs, the strict rules for belief and behavior are clear. But his upbringing is marked by constant bullying by peers who prey on his gentle nature and the constant battle to earn the love and respect of his father. Even as he strives to be the perfect picture of young Irish boyhood, he is undermined at every turn by his true feelings.

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  • ISBN10 1907756140
  • ISBN13 9781907756146
  • Publish Date 17 May 2010 (first published 15 May 2004)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Legend Press Ltd
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Pages 288
  • Language English