Books by Sebastian Barry
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review 1: Sebastian Barry must have either been raised by a houseful of women, had many girl friends as a young man or has some otherworldly powers on sensing what women, think and feel. The first novel I read by Barry was The Secret Scripture and the voice of Roseanne McNulty blew me awa...
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review 1: A terribly poignant story of a disintegrating marriage. Jack is an Irishman who is commissioned into the British Army during WWII. He has just married Mai, a woman of great beauty, but who suffers from deep depression. In spite of having two children, she is unable to find joy in...
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review 1: Very clever, and very Irish, with some beautiful passages. "I am beginning to wonder strongly what is the nature of history. Is it only memory in decent sentences, and if so, how reliable is it? I would suggest, not very. And that therefore most truth and fact offered by...
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review 1: What a writer! This is the first of Barry's books I've read, it won't be the last. The 3rd in a trilogy, "On Cannan's Side", is a stand alone book. An 87 year old grandmother ponders the life she has lived and the events are only the beginning. This is truly a book about the incr...
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review 1: Picked it up for 20p at the school Christmas fair and started reading it to give the old brain some relief from the essential random conversations one must endure on these occasions. It is one lyrical long song right up to the end. Barry creates a tapestry of Roseanne's sad life ...