Letters of a Love-hungry Farmer and Other Irish StoriesRoberts Rinehart Publishers, 1997 - 383 strani The stories in this hilarious collection of five short novels are told through a series of fictional letters between a wide range of colorful characters drawn from Irish life in the hill country that divides the counties of Cork and Kerry. Letters of a Love-Hungry Farmer - an account of John Bosco McLane's search for a female companion; Letters of a Matchmaker - a small farmer involved in the delicate business of finding mates for the unattached; Letters of a Successful T.D. - the career and family life of a member of the Irish Parliament climbing the political ladder; Letters of a Parish Priest - Father Martin O'Mora's quest to root out sin among his parishioners; and Letters of a Country Postman - a gossipy postman tries to discover secrets hidden within the envelopes he delivers. |
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Zadetki 1–3 od 18
Stran 113
... happened . After absconding with the twins he changed cars a mile from Lochnanane . He transferred his little charges to the other car and hit for Cork . You will have to agree that nobody knows the backroads better than a dispensary ...
... happened . After absconding with the twins he changed cars a mile from Lochnanane . He transferred his little charges to the other car and hit for Cork . You will have to agree that nobody knows the backroads better than a dispensary ...
Stran 256
... happened to be walking by her side with a suitcase belonging to some guest or other . Casually he gave her a lingering pat on the posterior and all she did was smile at him . She had disappeared by the time I thought of calling her back ...
... happened to be walking by her side with a suitcase belonging to some guest or other . Casually he gave her a lingering pat on the posterior and all she did was smile at him . She had disappeared by the time I thought of calling her back ...
Stran 316
... happened . Before I close let me tell you what happened to me last night . On the instruction of Dicky Mick Dicky O'Connor I presented myself at the Arms Hotel in Bannabeen to be introduced to one Nellie Cant of Tooreengarriv . Dicky ...
... happened . Before I close let me tell you what happened to me last night . On the instruction of Dicky Mick Dicky O'Connor I presented myself at the Arms Hotel in Bannabeen to be introduced to one Nellie Cant of Tooreengarriv . Dicky ...
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asked Ballybarra Ballybunion Ballyfee Bannabeen Biddy bishop Brady brother Bugler Bundoran Catholic civility assured Coomasahara Cork Cork City Courtesy and civility curate daughter Dear Father O'Mora Dear Frank Dear Mocky Dicky Mick Dicky Dogmeat door Dring drink Dublin eyes fellow Fionnuala Flannery Fonsie girl give hand head hear hope husband Irish Jack John Bosco McLane Kate Katie Killarney Kilnavarna Kishock Kitty knew lady letter Limerick Lisdoonvarna Lisnacoo Lochnanane Lollery look marriage married Martin O'Mora matchmaker McFillen Mick Dicky O'Connor Mickeen Mocky Fondoo Moffy Monsey morning mother never nice night pair parish priest postman pounds Presbytery Razzy remember Robert Emmet Saint Patrick's Day Sincerely Spiders sure talk tell There's thing told Tubberganban House turn twas week whiskey wife woman women worry young