The Dropper

I interviewed this awesome Author/Writer/Narrator check out my web page [URL not allowed]-interview-with-ron-mclarty/ A splendid story of the coming of age of a few men, Shoe Horn and Bobby Horn. It’s a poignant story with wonderful memorable characters that are real in every sense. A wo......more

Full of substance, tempered by an unflinching realism, The Dropper is an emotionally complex portrait of a confused and determined young man aching for something better, unable to provide it, but still fighting to, anyway. This is the type of story that defies easy categorization, for all those who......more

So I love Ron McLarty's books. But when I opened this one, my heart dropped. It was so clearly different from the other books. It was historical, it was set in Ireland, and there was lots of fighting and blood in it. I immediately worried that I wasn't going to like it. But I loved it. Immediately, th......more

In "The Dropper," Shoe Horn, a 17-year-old apprentice plumber in 1920's England, is fighting demons, some real and others not. His abusive father is real, the girls who entice him are real, and his plumbing clients are real (and often hilariously funny). Shoe is a sometime boxer, but most of his fig......more