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Irish stories for Christmas

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Main Author: Keane, John B., 1928-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Niwot, Colo. : Roberts Rinehart Publishers, c1994.
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Christmas > Ireland > Fiction.
Short stories.
Ireland > Social life and customs > Fiction.
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Physical Description:151 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:1879373971 :
Author Notes:John B. Keane was born in Ireland on July 21, 1928. He attended St. Michael's College, Listowel. By 1945, he was apprenticed to a chemist in Listowel. He eventually took over a small public house and began to write. During his lifetime, he published 46 works including Sive, The Field, Big Maggie, The Streets and Other Poems, Sharon's Grave, Letters of a Matchmaker, Hut 42, Moll, and Durango.

In 1999 he won the first Irish PEN Award for Literature. Keane died from prostate cancer on May 30, 2002 at the age of 73.

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