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Christopher Fitz-Simon

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Christopher Fitz-Simon is a former Artistic Director of the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, the Irish Theatre Company and the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Among his books are THE BOYS, a biography of the Dublin Gate Theatre's Hilton Edwards and Michel MacLammir - 'A really wonderful book' (Bruce Arnold, Irish näytä lisää Independent); 'Beautifully written, diligently researched, sometimes sad, often hilarious' (Keith Baxter, Daily Telegraph); 'By far the most wide-ranging and atmospheric description of Dublin's wartime theatre' (Clair Wills in That Neutral Island); and ELEVEN HOUSES, a memoir of the 1940s -'Christopher Fitz-Simon's wry and dispassionate approach keeps the narrative bracing' (Patricia Craig, Times Literary Supplement); 'The sense of total recall is astonishingit is painfully funny' (Roy Foster, Irish Times). näytä vähemmän

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Unfinished Ireland: Essays on Hubert Butler (2002) — Avustaja — 5 kappaletta

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Fitz-Simon, Christopher
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male
Kansalaisuus
Ireland
Suhteet
O'Connell, Daniel (ancestor)

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Lately I've been seeing a lot of wonderful photographs of Ireland online via Pinterest and posts on Facebook by persons residing in Ireland. I was looking forward to seeing more of the beauty that I'd seen in those photographs. I was quite disappointed with the choices made in this volume. The narratives did not offer the criteria the photographer/author made in selecting villages nor did the individual sketches. I was disappointed that some of the villages that I've seen depicted in other media were not included here. This is a book for the coffee table more than a travel guide.… (lisätietoja)
 
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