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Studs Lonigan is a novel trilogy by American author James T. Farrell: Young Lonigan (1932), The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan (1934), and Judgment Day (1935). In 1998, the Modern Library ranked the Studs Lonigan trilogy 29th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Patrick Lonigan, a genial undemanding father, is a successful painting contractor. He plans to send Studs to a prestigious Catholic high school, where he hopes his athletic son will become a football star. Studs' mother, on the other hand, wants desperately for her son to become a priest.
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Mrs. Lonigan asks if Frank is working (Studs is, of course), as the two mothers “glanced pointedly at each other”. Frank, she is told, will be sent off “to learn something technical”, as soon as he’s feeling well enough again.
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Young Lonigan is a tough kid from a respectable Irish family in Chicago. His father – who has his own painting business – is a first generation immigrant and, like his friends, neighbours and sons, is rabidly racist.
Studs Lonigan, trilogy of novels by James T. Farrell about life among lower-middle-class Irish Roman Catholics in Chicago during the first third of the 20th century. The trilogy consists of Young Lonigan: A Boyhood in Chicago Streets (1932), The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan (1934), and Judgment.
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