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As he did so adroitly in his previous memoirs, Angela's Ashes and 'Tis, McCourt manages to uncover humor in nearly everything. He writes about hilarious misfires, as when he suggested (during his teacher's exam) that the students write a suicide note, as well as unorthodox assignments that turned into epiphanies for both teacher and students. A dazzling writer with a unique and compelling voice, McCourt describes the dignity and difficulties of a largely thankless profession with incisive, self-deprecating wit and uncommon perception. It may have taken him three decades to figure out how to be an effective teacher, but he ultimately saved his most valuable lesson for himself: how to be his own man. --Shawn Carkonen
-- Jeff Guin, "Fort Worth Star-Telegram"
"Enthralling."
-- Phillip Lopate," Los Angeles Times"
"Enthralling."-- Phillip Lopate," Los Angeles Times"
""Teacher Man" is simply brilliant."-- Jeff Guin, "Fort Worth Star-Telegram"
"McCourt sings, we weep. He speaks, we are transported. The six-hour audiobook is riveting. The production shows exactly how recording can enliven and enhance a text."
-- "The Christian Science Monitor" on "Angela's Ashes"
""Teacher Man" is, in fact, the best book in the trilogy, an enthralling work of autobiographical storytelling." -- Phillip Lopate, "Los Angeles Times"
""Teacher Man" is simply brilliant." -- Jeff Guin, "Fort Worth Star-Telegram"
"Frank McCourt has done it again.... "Teacher Man" is an irresistible valedictory, about a man finding his voice in the classroom, on the page and in his soul." -- Ben Yagoda, "The New York Times Book Review"*
"Enthralling." -- Phillip Lopate, " Los Angeles Times"
"Full of gritty specifics, never preachy, often hilarious, McCourt's third book thrusts you right into the hormones-and-catcalls chaos of the classroom. . . . Along the way, we get the best self-portrait of a public school teacher ever written." -- Malcolm Jones, Newsweek
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