First Quarter - John Tuomey

John Tuomey discusses his new memoir 'First Quarter' with Ellis Woodman..
Sparked by an email from his sister, John talks through the origins and motivation for his memoir, which documents the places and memories of his life over a twenty-five year period.
"Imbued with many inter-textual references to poetry, drama and literature and written in limpid prose, this memoir is inherently literary in nature. Tuomey looks back to his early life where he was born in Tralee and lived in different counties around Ireland, from small towns to country landscapes, from schooldays in Dundalk to student activism at University College Dublin. He traces the pathways that led to his formation as an architect, reflecting on the many cultural and social influences on his life. He excels in capturing the social landscape of Dublin in the 1980s and pays particular attention to the many buildings and social hubs of the inner city."
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