Letters of a Love-hungry Farmer and Other Irish StoriesRoberts Rinehart Publishers, 1997 - 383 sider 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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Side 166
... thing , a noble thing but the other is a crazy fiasco and yet the two goes hand in hand like beauty and the beast or Sodom and Goodmorrow . Love won't drive a man to drink . Only the lad we spoke about can do that . Love won't put a man ...
... thing , a noble thing but the other is a crazy fiasco and yet the two goes hand in hand like beauty and the beast or Sodom and Goodmorrow . Love won't drive a man to drink . Only the lad we spoke about can do that . Love won't put a man ...
Side 239
... things into account . ” Then that thing came between us that is beyond nature and beyond the flesh , a sorrow for each other that softens the heart and makes a bond of steel between one man and one woman . The date is set for the ...
... things into account . ” Then that thing came between us that is beyond nature and beyond the flesh , a sorrow for each other that softens the heart and makes a bond of steel between one man and one woman . The date is set for the ...
Side 305
... thing would turn you against a thing . Remember this about that housekeeper . First of all she's right there under your hand , in the theoretical sense , and number two she's unattached . So what if she has no form card . There's no way ...
... thing would turn you against a thing . Remember this about that housekeeper . First of all she's right there under your hand , in the theoretical sense , and number two she's unattached . So what if she has no form card . There's no way ...
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