Sir, - Am I the only one who cannot understand the acclaim accorded to Frank McCourt's book Angela's Ashes? The author seems to have cashed in his a poverty-stricken background - a background shared by so many families in the Ireland of his youth.
No sensitive writer denies his background, but surely he should not have to be so ruthless in reporting his family conditions. - Yours, etc.,
Margaret O'Connor,
Glenageary, Co Dublin.