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  • ENGLISH

    Language
  • 272

    Pages
  • 9780571226542

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  • 1 mm

    Width
  • 12 mm

    Height
  • 19 gram

    Weight
  • PAPERBACK

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  • 5 APRIL 2012

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    As they used to say in Ireland, the devil only comes into good things . Narrated by Lilly Bere, On Canaans Side opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The story then goes back to the moment she was forced to flee Dublin, at the end of the First World War, and follows her life through into the new world of America, a world filled with both hope and danger. At o As they used to say in Ireland, the devil only comes into good things . Narrated by Lilly Bere, On Canaans Side opens as she...  Read More

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    Sebastian Barry

    Sebastian Barry is an Irish playwright, novelist and poet. He is noted for his dense literary writing style and is considered one of Irelands finest writers

    Barrys literary career began in poetry before he began writing plays and novels. In recent years his fiction writing has surpassed his work in the theatre in terms of success, having once been considered a playwright who wrote occasional novels.

    He has twice been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for his novels A Long Long Way (2005) and The Secret Scripture (2008), the latter of which won the 2008 Costa Book of the Year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. His 2011 novel On Canaans Side was long-listed for the Booker.

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