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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Stran 11
... mind . He was in the Post Office before I left for Dublin and he asked if you were studying . I didn't like the way he asked it , so I didn't answer him . He has awful bloody neck to come in at all . " Are you going up for the new ...
... mind . He was in the Post Office before I left for Dublin and he asked if you were studying . I didn't like the way he asked it , so I didn't answer him . He has awful bloody neck to come in at all . " Are you going up for the new ...
Stran 49
... mind a pope and imagine I a T.D.'s wife or does the T.D. think about me at all , or maybe there's another woman in the T.D.'s mind whose wife is a pity and a martyr to her nerves . I hear Dublin is surrounded by prostitutes , black and ...
... mind a pope and imagine I a T.D.'s wife or does the T.D. think about me at all , or maybe there's another woman in the T.D.'s mind whose wife is a pity and a martyr to her nerves . I hear Dublin is surrounded by prostitutes , black and ...
Stran 250
... mind that I accosted her in Tubberganban dance - hall on Saint Patrick's night . She must have guessed my ultimate intent because when I asked her to dance she cocked her head in the air . " Go ' long you cheeky ting , " she said ...
... mind that I accosted her in Tubberganban dance - hall on Saint Patrick's night . She must have guessed my ultimate intent because when I asked her to dance she cocked her head in the air . " Go ' long you cheeky ting , " she said ...
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