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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... 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 all sorts of colors , and houses ...
... 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 all sorts of colors , and houses ...
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... wife playing golf that I could mention and other big shots drinking gin and lime and what nots like that . Ah , no respect for God or man . I'm exhausted now from writing this . I'll end . Your wife , Biddy . P.S. Rex Feckler was in to ...
... wife playing golf that I could mention and other big shots drinking gin and lime and what nots like that . Ah , no respect for God or man . I'm exhausted now from writing this . I'll end . Your wife , Biddy . P.S. Rex Feckler was in to ...
Stran 110
... wife . Much of it may be the wife's fault and it is my task to find out where the blame lies and to apportion the blame fairly . Most couples want reconciliation desperately and it is a pleasure to steer them on a proper course . With ...
... wife . Much of it may be the wife's fault and it is my task to find out where the blame lies and to apportion the blame fairly . Most couples want reconciliation desperately and it is a pleasure to steer them on a proper course . With ...
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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