商品簡介
John Doyle's funny and insightful portrait of a boy and his country transformed by television begins in the small town of Nenagh, where young John's father purchased the family's first television set in 1963, and ends in 1979 with the Pope's historic visit to Ireland, the appearance of Dallas on Irish TV, and twenty-two-year-old John's escape from a conflicted culture. By day, John was schooled by the Christian brothers in the valor of Irish rebel heroes and the saintliness of Catholic martyrs. But in the evenings, television conveyed more subversive messages: American Westerns, I Love Lucy, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Starsky & Hutch, and Monty Python suggested to a bookish kid ways of life that were exciting and liberated. Coverage of American civil rights and women's rights protests, Irish riots, bombings, and Bloody Sunday clashed with Catholic conservatism, and the social landscape changed. While the "global village" was yanking Ireland out of its past, one intelligent boy was taking notes, the essence of this charming coming-of-age tale and compelling social history.
作者簡介
John Doyle has been a critic for The Globe and Mail since 1997 and has written the paper's daily television column since 2000.
