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    Eureka Street (Minerva) (Paperback) By (author) Robert McLiam Wilson

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    Short Description for Eureka StreetBelfast, in the six months just before and after the ceasefire. Chuckie Lurgan - fat, Protestant and poor, suddenly becomes wealthy by various means; Jake Jackson - reformed tough guy - is looking for love; and the strange letters "OTG" appear all over the city to the ignorance of all.
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  • All stories are love stories5

    Katarzyna Krawczyk The title of my review and at the same time the opening line of Eureka Street is the most accurate summary of the book. Wilson's third novel is indeed about seeking love. Don't expect, however, a soppy Harlequin-romance. Everybody on Eureka Street is looking for love and friendship, fame and fortune or just a little bit of normality amid exploding bombs and tensions between the Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland in the mid-'90. Wilson paints a vivid picture of the challenges that his characters have to face in order to (literally) survive and pursue their dreams. The story revolves around two protagonists and their friends. Jake Jackson is torn up between being a Catholic, coping with his broken heart and doing the job he hates. His best friend, chubby and entrepreneurial Protestant Chuckie Lurgan suddenly finds out there is more to life than money and fame he's been chasing his whole life. Despite their religious or political views, all characters from Eureka Street meet in pubs, talk, fall in love, break up and get back together, turn off the radio when they hear about yet another terrorist attack. And in fact, all they really want is to live a normal life. The brutality and violence gets them anyway though, leaving them disillusioned but surprisingly persistent in their struggles. McLiam Wilson created a wonderful novel. Painful and violent, bitter-sweet but at the same time wise and cheerful. Magical. by Katarzyna Krawczyk

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