Last Of The High Kings

By Ferdia MacAnna, Anna Mac, Ferdia Mac Anna

Book Overview

Plagued by his anarchic mother, tormented by his sister, abused by his brain-damaged brother, and generally driven to despair by everyone, Frankie Griffin, the Last of the High Kings of Tara, is going... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140149090
• ISBN13: 9780140149098
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.4" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

HILARIOUS!

I walk into my local bookshop, and look for the newest film books, but what do I find, a copy of 'Last Of The High Kings'. It's the only book that appeals to me at the time, so I buy it, take it home and read it in a couple of hours....laughing the whole time. The story focuses on Frankie Griffin, a 17 year old male in the middle of a dysfunctional family, who is becoming a man. His family treats him like an outsider. His nationalist mother and his father who is always away. His sister Maggie, who thinks everything he says is 'stew-pit', his youngest brother Noelie who acts like he's 6 despite being 10, thanks to brain damage, and his other two siblings, sister Dawn and brother Ray. It follows his antics with his friends, the girls he likes and the girls that are seemingly obsessed with him. His mothers anti-british attitude is also hilarious at times. It does seem like a immature younger sibling of 'American Beauty', but you'll still be laughing.