Mixed Brew

by Dermot O'Hanlon

The items in this collection of verse are very varied and have something for most tastes in a mainly humorous way.

153 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 7, 2016

About the author

I spent the early years of my life in the Curragh Camp, Co.Kildare, Ireland, before my family moved to Dublin about 1939. My secondary education was at the Dominican College, Newbridge, while I was living in the Curragh Camp, and at St.Andrew's CBS with the Irish Christian Brothers in Westland Row, Dublin. After leaving school, I was a railway clerk in country stations in Enniscorthy, Co.Wexford, and Navan, Co.Meath, for four or five years. I then commenced my medical studies at University College, Dublin, and qualified as a doctor in 1952. I then emigrated to England, and after pursuing ophthalmology as a specialty in St.Paul's Eye Hospital, Liverpool, The Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, and Southampton Eye Hospital, practized as an ophthalmologist in Colchester, Essex, until my retirement in 1986. I then returned to Ireland to live in Co. Wicklow.

Reviews

[Ashley · Rating 2 out of 5]

*Received ebook copy through a Goodreads giveaway*

The formatting itself was weird, some pages were super faded and others looked normal, many spelling and grammar errors in my copy, and I could not figure out the line format. The extra quotes from other authors didn't make sense to me other than to fill space, they did not seem to fit with what they were between.

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

O’Hanlon is both thought provoking and fun. This work is definitely a “mixed brew” with some of the verse feeling like something from the last century (in the best sense), while at least three work in a praise for chloroplast giving it a modern edge. I really enjoyed this book, and will look for more from this author.

[Lourdes · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book, and will look for more from this author. I won this book from Goodreads.