· “Gypsy Boy sits somewhere between the grittiness of Irvine Welsh and the charming warmth of Frank McCourt.” —Dermot O’Leary, television and radio presenter, The X Factor on Gypsy Boy “Mikey Walsh provides an unsentimental and compelling look at the louche and brutal culture of Romany Gypsies in the U.K. This was an honest look into what was at times, a cruel and violent life, of a Gypsy Boy named Mikey Walsh. His amazing determination to survive and escape a hard life. Once you start reading you will not be able to stop. The suffering at the hands of his violent father and the secret he must keep to himself in order to survive is so vivid/5(). · Book review: Gypsy Boy by Mikey Walsh. At a time where Sweden, and probably a lot of Europe, sees a lot of Romany immigrants, it was a bit of a coincidence that the book Gypsy Boy by Mikey Walsh was on an 83% for my Kindle. Mikey Walsh seems to know a fair few of the people I follow on Twitter, and I have thus seen some people promoting his book.
Mikey Walsh told his story of growing up a gay Romany in Gypsy Boy. As he continues his tale with a sequel, he says that being frank about a secretive community has cost him dearly. MIKEY Walsh. The buzziest of these books, and the first to arrive in the United States, is "Gypsy Boy," by Mikey Walsh. (The name is a pseudonym.) It's brash and frightening and funny — tonally, think. GYPSY BOY: MY LIFE IN THE SECRET WORLD OF THE ROMANY GYPSIES By Mikey Walsh St. Martin's / Thomas Dunne Books, $ pages. You thought you had a hard life?
Mikey Walsh was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a secluded community, and little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution, Gypsies are wary of outsiders, and if you choose to leave you can never come back. This is something Mikey knows only too well. Mikey Walsh is a Gypsy boy born to a father who wants a fearsome bare-knuckle boxer as his first-born son. Mikey is sensitive, he's love-starved, he's eager-to-please, but he is not a fighter. He spends the first fifteen years of his life getting regular and horrific beatings, his father's attempts to toughen him up. This was an honest look into what was at times, a cruel and violent life, of a Gypsy Boy named Mikey Walsh. His amazing determination to survive and escape a hard life. Once you start reading you will not be able to stop. The suffering at the hands of his violent father and the secret he must keep to himself in order to survive is so vivid.
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