Jamie O'Neill was brought up in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. He spent ten years working as a night porter whilst writing AT SWIM, TWO BOYS. He lives in Galway, Ireland.
‘At Swim, Two Boys gets nearer to the truth of our lives than most
established writers dream of’
*Independent*
‘Jamie O’Neill’s masterpiece holds a special place in my heart for
its bravery, its originality, its memorable characters and the
dexterity of its language’
*John Boyne*
‘The music of Jamie O’Neill’s prose creates a new Irish
symphony’
*Peter Ackroyd*
‘O’Neill has stepped boldly and knowingly into the company of the
Irish high modernists . . . At Swim, Two Boys is both footnote and
foot forward, flexing its muscles within the Irish canon and
breaking new emotional ground’
*Guardian*
‘A vivid picture of human freedom; of moving from fear of the world
to acceptance of its fluid variety, while illuminating the nature
of the imagination that makes it possible to do so’
*Sunday Times*
'At Swim, Two Boys gets nearer to the truth of our
lives than most established writers dream of' * Independent
*
'Jamie O'Neill's masterpiece holds a special place in my
heart for its bravery, its originality, its memorable
characters and the dexterity of its language' -- John Boyne
'The music of Jamie O'Neill's prose creates a new Irish
symphony' -- Peter Ackroyd
'O'Neill has stepped boldly and knowingly into the company of
the Irish high modernists . . . At Swim, Two Boys is
both footnote and foot forward, flexing its muscles within the
Irish canon and breaking new emotional ground' * Guardian
*
'A vivid picture of human freedom; of moving from fear of
the world to acceptance of its fluid variety, while illuminating
the nature of the imagination that makes it possible to do
so' * Sunday Times *
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