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Irish Writing
SEAN O'FAOLAIN on a selection of recent Irish fiction, including John McGahern 's The Dark
ROBERT GREACEN on Louis MacNeice's autobiography, The Strings are False
H. A. L. CRAIG on Brendan Behan's Confessions
WALTER ALLEN on Iris Murdoch and Edna O'Brien, and their two recent novels
PETER DUVAL SMITH talking to ANTHONY BURGESS about his book on Joyce for the general reader, Here Comes Everybody Introduced by RoBIN HOLMES
Produced by Joseph Hone

Contributors

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Sean O'Faolain
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John McGahern
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H. A. L. Craig
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Brendan Behan
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Walter Allen
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Iris Murdoch
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Edna O'Brien
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Peter Duval Smith
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Anthony Burgess
Introduced By:
Robin Holmes
Produced By:
Joseph Hone
Source: Radio Times

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