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The second (The Barracks, 1964, p. 134) novel by this young Irishman has an odd misdirected power. It builds, in a few short pages, to a shattering climactic scene in the third chapter and then, suddenly, it dissipates leaving the reader hung up on a strong thread of energy but going nowhere... read more

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  1. contemporary
  2. fiction
  3. ireland
  4. irish
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