the last book I ever read (The Van: A Novel by Roddy Doyle, excerpt eight)

from The Van: A Novel (The Barrytown Trilogy) by Roddy Doyle:

They stood there arm in arm and watched O’Leary’s penalty again, and again.

—I’ll tell yeh one thing, said Larry O‘Rourke.—David O’Leary came of age today.

Jimmy Sr loved everyone but that was the stupidest fuckin’ thing he’d ever heard in his life.

—He’s thirty fuckin’ two! he said.—Came of age, me bollix.