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Item Details
| Title:
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THE HARD LIFE
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMIE O'NEILL |
| By: |
Flann O'Brien, Jamie O'Neill |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£8.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1903650593 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781903650592 |
| Publisher: |
SIMON & SCHUSTER LTD |
| Pub. date: |
3 November, 2003 |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
From one of Ireland's greatest modernists and author of AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS, a novel of pure and ruthless wit, woven around the tale of two orphaned Dubliners. |
| Synopsis: |
Two orphaned boys, Manus and Finbarr, descend into the house of the disputatious Mr. Collopy. This is a tale of growing up in the midst of eccentricity: of Mr. Collopy's mysterious humanitarian work on behalf of women; of his progressive-sounding (and often blasphemous) arguments with his priest, Father Fahrt. Manus quickly proves himself a master of business, teaching people by post to walk the tightrope in Edwardian Dublin. He soon dispatches Collopy on a trip to Rome, seeking relief from the unexpected effects of his eldest charge's attempts at pharmaceuticals. Finbarr, meanwhile, watches and waits, a young boy with only the foggiest notion of the world he is describing... |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Pocket Books/TownHouse |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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