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A man's mother can be a terrible burden sometimes. For Tarry Flynn - poet, farmer and lover-from-afar of beautiful young virgins - the responsibility of family, farm, poetic inspiration and his own unyielding lust is a heavy one.
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Contemplative, classical in form, prestige and nostalgic.
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Patrick Kavanagh
- First published
- 1949
- Pages
- 198
- Publisher
- MacGibbon & Kee, Penguin Group UK, Penguin Books Ltd
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780141912363
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