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Frank McCourt's first memoir "Angela's Ashes" won a Pulitzer Prize in 1997 in literature. The story is accessible to casual readers and literati alike, and reading the story is almost like sitting next to him at a bar taking pulls from a Guinness Stout and listening to a steady Irish accent tell you about a journey of poverty, challenges, and dreams. Here is a man that loves literature and it shows. The prose is smooth and never gets in the way, but still has a lyrical quality that goes beyond mere recollection. Frank McCourt's success is a triumph of the human spirit, and a light at the end of the tunnel for anyone dreaming far away dreams. Read the first of his three memoirs and you'll know the man deserved his hard won success.
