Beth (USA: MA) (2008/02/09): From back cover:
"Young Lally Connaughton is trying to work out where his life went off the rails. His father has married Mam, and what's more, have moved himself and his five children to live with Mam and her four children. The story concentrates on the next decade in Lally's life - by turns side-splittingly funny and hear-breakingly sad. . . a delightful novel" - Grania McFadden, Belfast Telegraph
"A gem of a novel. . . The ease and rich texture of Cullen's prose sing from the page." - Chris Power, The Times
"Leo Cullen has created the most memorable fictional child since at least Paddy Clarke. . . If Lally has to have any literary siblings it's Frank O'Connor's child narrators he's related to. . . In fact, Lally is out on his own. . . in this funny, sad, multilayered and exceptionally readable novel." - George O'Brien, Irish Times
