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Boyne's Lassie Paperback – June 1, 2000

by Dick Wimmer (Author)
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Boyne is back! From the author of Irish Wine comes the return of the bawdy, boisterous Seamus Boyne. Now middle-aged and at the height of his celebrity, Boyne is a world-renowned painter, and ladies' man of heroic proportions. Madly in love with life, he stages his own death to escape the burdens of fame. When his estranged 17-year-old daughter, Tory, hears of her father's death, she defies her mother and travels from New York to Ireland to attend his funeral, setting in motion a rollicking misadventure of kidnapping and mistaken identity. Boyne's Lassie is a hilarious, picaresque romp through the back alleys, bedrooms and moldering castles of the Irish countryside.
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  1. Print length
    176 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Zoland Books
  4. Publication date
    June 1, 2000
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0944072887
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0944072882
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Tory Boyne, the dubious heroine of this slight novel, is the daughter of renowned, recently deceased painter Seamus Boyne (hero of Wimmer's Irish Wine). When she travels to Ireland from the U.S. for his funeral, she discovers that Boyne has faked his own death in the interests of continuing his hedonistic lifestyle free from the trammels of fame. The libertine painter is out of luck, however, for Tory is soon kidnapped and held for ransom, and it's up to Boyne to save her. This involves a most unlikely chain of events, which brings father and daughter to a castle where Boyne's wife, estranged from him for nearly 20 years, appears to rekindle her affectionsAthe last and perhaps least credible twist in this energetic romp. Boyne is a sexist boor whose clearly lecherous attitude towards his daughter waivers between incest and exploitation (he wants her as his artist's model). Helping the unattractive Boyne to mar the novel are geographical inaccuracies and appalling stage-Irish dialogue. Wimmer even gets the currency wrong. In this case hardly the soul of wit, brevity's the sole attraction of this helter-skelter farce.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Wimmer adds another chapter to the life of Seamus Boyne (Irish Wine, Mercury, 1989), world-renowned painter. In this lighthearted novella he is middle-aged, at the height of his celebrity, and about to be reunited with Tory, his estranged 17-year-old daughter. When Boyne fakes his own death, Tory, against her mother's wishes, flies to Dublin to attend the funeral for the father she barely knew. It doesn't take long for Tory to discover the truth, and then the fun begins. The story, narrated in alternate chapters by Tory and Seamus, escalates into a no-holds-barred romp through Ireland, complete with disguises, kidnapping attempts, and plenty of opportunities for father and daughter to get to know each other. For public libraries.ADianna Moeller, WLN, Lacey, WA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zoland Books; First Edition (June 1, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0944072887
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0944072882
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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R. Berger
5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional!
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 1998
Wimmer's stroke of genius in his fifth work is resurrecting his irreverently bawdy hero and world-renown painter, Seamus Boyne (Irish Wine). Boyne's antics of faking his own death to escape the burden of fame backfire when his estranged 17-year-old daughter Tory arrives from New York for his "funeral" in defiance of her mother, only to be kidnapped shortly after being reunited with her very much alive madcap father at his own Irish wake. Tomfoolery and intrigue continue amid Dublin's narrow streets and the Irish countryside as Boyne tries desperately to rescue Tory without revealing to the public that he is still alive --and without telling his overly-protective ex-wife about their daughter's disappearance. Strange twists and turns of the hilarious misadventure keep the pages turning as Boyne and Tory deal not only with their unpleasant circumstances and unknown adversaries, but with the emotional turmoil and insecurities about the past and each other. Wim! mer's brilliant use of traditional Irish flow-of-thought narration is what brings a unique perspective and a sustained vividness to his characters, compelling the reader to cheer for Seamus Boyne and fervently hope that we haven't seen the last of Wimmer's zany and lovable artist.
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