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From Autumn 2006 Issue
Book Review:
THE LEAST AMONG US
by Martin O’Shea & Tony Wright
(ISBN:0-9552945-0-9)
Here is a soft back 62 page book which takes me back to my Dandy
and Beano days because it is basically a picture book like they were.
However, it’s content is far from humorous and is, therefore, more akin
to a Sexton Blake detective presentation of those far off years. Indeed,
in a computor age of being glued to a dazzling screen in which to
acquire information, how relaxing and enjoyable it is to relax in an
armchair and read in a comic cuts style that which is, alas!, far from
comical. Yet it needs to be read because, though fictional, it is so
very largely built on past life encounters or reflections.
Having only yesterday viewed a most disturbing TV panorama exposing
Paedophilia within the Roman church, and the quest to hide the guilty
priests and ignore the plight of its victims THE LEAST AMONG US becomes
up to date and compelling reading. Yes, and not least, because the way
this Latin branch of Christendom has ignored, covered up, and frequently
perpetrated cruelty towards animals has its counterpart in the way it
similarly distances itself from human victims for which it was also
responsible. The parallels are certainly intriguing, revealing that
abuse towards one species so easily leads to that in another. It is
surely; therefore, not necessary for me to tell you that Micheal O Shea
(a pseudonym!) is an animal activist of some considerable standing. He,
and also the co-author of this picture book, are equally most gifted in
art work. If one picture conveys a thousand words, then this hand sized
publication has a great deal to make one think. I strongly commend it’.
Available direct from the publisher Ascendant Press, PO Box 291,
Cardiff CF11 1ED at only £4.95
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