Juno and the Paycock

By Seán O'Casey and Patricia Robinson Jordan

Book Overview

Juno Boyle, a hard-working Dublin (Ireland) tenement dweller whose husband, 'Captain' Jack Boyle, is unwilling to get a job and spends most of his day swilling booze and reminiscing about the past with his parasitic pal, Joxer. Juno is a good woman who does the best she can for her family, but in many ways, she is the enabler who allows Jack to indulge in his irresponsible lifestyle. Their daughter, Mary, who wants to better herself, makes every effort to move out of the poverty in which the family is mirred. Mary, however is now out on strike and her brother, Johnny, injured in Republican fighting, has become another drain on the family's resources. Juno's hopes for her daughter are raised when she brings home a young man who delivers unexpected and promising news, thereby setting of a series of developments that, in turn, become both funny and dispiriting. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0573012148
• ISBN13: 9780573012143
• Release Date: February 1968
• Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Hard Family Life - Ireland circa 1922.

This is about a family - Boyle, Mrs. Boyle, son Johnny and daughter Mary. There are a few family friends Joxer Daly, Jerry Devine and then there's Mr. Benthem Boyle's a laybout who shirks work to drink and associate with Joxer. Johnny was in the Republican Army and got wounded costing him an arm and a hurt hip. Mrs. Boyle is sensible and tries to keep things together. She spends a fair amount of dialogue complaining about...