Hugely funny with very real descriptions of life's ups and downs. I was impressed with the writing style, wit and cleaver use of phrases.
It was entertaining even though I don't drink alcohol and think alcohol overuse is idiotic. I think most people miss one point -maybe the biggest point that McCourt was trying to make - that he became the father/husband he did not like, and in the end the father that he could not have was what his children could not have, and he owed it mostly to huge amounts of alcohol.