The Con Artists: Luke Healey

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Snippets from Frank’s middling stand-up routines are punctuated by the subtle farce of Healy’s mise-en-scène and the lively, at times scathingly pointed, banter of old friends. The central question that animates ‘The Con Artists’ is: what does it mean to watch someone struggle? As Frank tries to care for Giorgio, who is injured in a drinking related accident, the cracks form in their platonic relationship, which shatters in a quiet yet spectacular fashion. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. I think this was a really great portrayal of mental illness, and hard or toxic relationships, but that’s about it.

Healy’s pilgrimage through America is also a journey into his own mind, soundtracked by blistered footsteps and breathless huffs, and told with winning honesty. I enjoyed Luke Healy's Americana, a memoir of Luke taking his Irish self to the West Coast of the US to complete an arduous hike.Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

Luke Healy is a master at creating genuine characters with stories that never fail to pull me in and keep me there.

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