Being of Irish descent and a visitor to the country I was greatly antcipating this book. Mansfield does an excellent job presenting a creative non ficiton story that is fun to read and well worthwhile to lend out to friends. You learn a ton in those 304 pages not only about Guiness and Ireland but also about how life has changed in the last three hundred years but in a way still stay the same. The relationships between the Guiness family and the Irish populace is a story in and of istelf however you throw in the religious aspect and you have a real page turner in the non ficiton sense. If you enjoyed Robert Wright's The First Wall Street you will love this book.
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