Heidi Belleau's Reviews > A Pint of Plain: Tradition, Change, and the Fate of the Irish Pub

A Pint of Plain by Bill Barich
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January 1, 2012 – Shelved
January 14, 2012 – Started Reading
February 13, 2012 –
page 45
17.58% ""you'll marvel at how the firm has made James Joyce part of the team by stenciling quotes from his books on the windows, just as it features a harp, the national symbol, on its glassware and cans. Guinness /is/ Ireland, the branding suggests, and it forges a bond so absolute that you'll feel unpatriotic if you don't finish your jar." Brilliant!"
February 14, 2012 –
page 63
24.61% "The Brazen Head pub in Dublin: apparently popular with fire fighters & police travelling abroad!"
February 14, 2012 –
page 69
26.95% "Legend of Tullough McSweeney: interesting!"
February 14, 2012 –
page 73
28.52% "To look up: Brendan Behan, bisexual Irish writer!"

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