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 56
... young man then , Tull , and young men are virile and hungry . They must be forgiven a lot . Do you ever blush , Tull , when you remember the past or does the past mean anything to you ? There is a stain or two in every man's yesterdays ...
... young man then , Tull , and young men are virile and hungry . They must be forgiven a lot . Do you ever blush , Tull , when you remember the past or does the past mean anything to you ? There is a stain or two in every man's yesterdays ...
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... young brides were making the real sacrifices , sacrificing their splendid young bodies to the wrinkled hands of elderly lechers . Parents would argue that there was no harm being done as a healthy young woman would be too Letters of A ...
... young brides were making the real sacrifices , sacrificing their splendid young bodies to the wrinkled hands of elderly lechers . Parents would argue that there was no harm being done as a healthy young woman would be too Letters of A ...
Side 180
... young man from the many landless bucks who would sell their souls not to mind their bodies for a farm of land . In some cases this was true but in the majority it was far from being the case and there were many young women who ended up ...
... young man from the many landless bucks who would sell their souls not to mind their bodies for a farm of land . In some cases this was true but in the majority it was far from being the case and there were many young women who ended up ...
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