Teacher Man - April 2011

20. Teacher Man - Frank McCourt

288 Pages, Borrowed from Local Library

This is the final book in the "Angela's Ashes" Trilogy. (I think I said this before, but don't read Angela's Ashes while on holiday, especially not on a romantic holiday to Paris. I made that mistake and now have the unshakeable belief that Paris is a miserable, god-forsaken hellhole...some people may agree with that :) but really, I blame this book for distorting my experience!)

In this book, Frank has moved to New York to become a High School teacher. It's more full of humour and teaching anecdotes that the previous books, maybe as he has become happier himself.

It's obviously a tough enough life being a teacher, especially when faced with students that aren't too interested in anything other than hearing their teacher share his childhood reminiscences.

I found this book a really fitting end to the trilogy and feel that having read all three books I now know more about Frank McCourt than I do about myself :)

I give this book 5 "Teachers' Pets" out of 5