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Sebastian Barry - The Temporary Gentleman - 9780571276967 - KEX0303095
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The Temporary Gentleman

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Description for The Temporary Gentleman Paperback. Very good copy.. Frst edition.
This is a stunning return from the prize-winning and best-selling author of The Secret Scripture. Jack McNulty is a 'temporary gentleman', an Irishman whose commission in the British army in the Second World War was never permanent. In 1957, sitting in his lodgings in Accra, he urgently sets out to write his story. He feels he cannot take one step further, or even hardly a breath, without looking back at all that has befallen him. He is an ordinary man, both petty and heroic, but he has seen extraordinary things. He has worked and wandered around the world - as ... Read more

Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571276967
SKU
KEX0303095
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Sebastian Barry
Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. His novels and plays have won, among other awards, the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Prize, the Costa Book of the Year award, the Irish Book Awards Best Novel, the Independent Booksellers Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He also had two consecutive novels, A Long Long Way (2005) and The ... Read more

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