Limerick mourns death of ‘Angela’s Ashes’ author _ but debate over book smolders onDUBLIN — Bitterness over Frank McCourt’s memoir “Angela’s Ashes” still smolders in his hometown of Limerick. Residents of the western Irish city have never agreed whether his Pulitzer-winning account of childhood survival amid soul-crushing poverty was more fact than fiction. ‘Angela’s Ashes’ author McCourt dies at 78NEW YORK - US author Frank McCourt, whose 1996 book “Angela’s Ashes” brought him world fame, died Sunday at age of 78, the New York Times reported. |