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I read all three books in order. I would rank all as worth reading. My thought is that the Pulitzer Prize people were correct in assessing Angela's Ashes. The follow on books provide well written, entertaining and educating narratives. They do not compete as great literature. I believe that most people who have read and enjoyed Angela's Ashes will have developed enough appreciation for Frank McCourt to derive further satisfaction in the follow on books. These are all 'good books' which stand on their own. Some incidents find themselves in more than one of the books. The reader can profit from these repeated events because they are offered in the perspective of their meanings at later points in his life. Should be on the required reading list for all Irish Americans - even if you are only Irish on March 17th . . .Read full review
Author has a great way of writing. Keeps you engaged and laughing.
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I love Frank McCourt, and this book tapped into his comedic side more than the previous books. It's a stand-alone book, but more meaningful if you've read Angela's Ashes and 'Tis.
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McCourt Teacher Man is good but repetitive at times. Still a good read.
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Frank McCourt has a style of writing all his own and I enjoy it very much as he does not hold back but writes what he wills about his life and his family but it it not an ordinary novel, It is the third book in a trilogy. Having read McCourts' prevous novels, "Angela's Ashes" , and " 'Tis " I thought I knew Mr. McCourt and his family as if they were my own. I shed many tears, much laughter and felt joy for the triumph of the human spirit for that is what Frank McCourt writes about, triumph of the human spirit in the face of adversity.
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