Georgina Louise Hambleton
Praise for Christy Brown
A powerful biography . . . a moving portrayal of an astonishing man with a brilliant brain trapped inside a damaged body
The Observer
A splendid book that captures not only the life of Christy Brown, but the atmosphere of the world he grew up in
Irish Sunday Independent
From unpublished and largely unexamined letters and poems, and through the memories of his friends and family, this great man and his works are now revived
The Times
A powerful biography . . . a moving portrayal of an astonishing man with a brilliant brain trapped inside a damaged body
The Observer
A splendid book that captures not only the life of Christy Brown, but the atmosphere of the world he grew up in
Irish Sunday Independent
From unpublished and largely unexamined letters and poems, and through the memories of his friends and family, this great man and his works are now revived
The Times
A powerful biography . . . a moving portrayal of an astonishing man with a brilliant brain trapped inside a damaged body
The Observer
A splendid book that captures not only the life of Christy Brown, but the atmosphere of the world he grew up in
Irish Sunday Independent
From unpublished and largely unexamined letters and poems, and through the memories of his friends and family, this great man and his works are now revived
The Times