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The Lives of the Saints
- Author
- Sebastian Barry
- Narrator
- Sebastian Barry
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 7 April 2022
- Run Time
- 2 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Biography: writers
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Intimate, revealing and generous of heart, these three lectures - written and delivered as part of his three year tenure as the Laureate for Irish fiction - reflect on his life and career so far, some of the formative moments and people he's met along the way, and the ongoing importance of creativity.
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- Author
- Sebastian Barry
- Narrator
- Sebastian Barry
- Duration
- 2 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 April 2022
- ISBN
- 9781004086887
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Biography: writers
Synopsis
From A Long Long Way, his Booker shortlisted novel about the Irish soldiers who fought for Britain during the First World War to his Donal McCann starring hit-play, The Steward of Christendom; from his first Costa Book of the Year novel The Secret Scripture to his second, Days Without End, a decade later, Sebastian Barry's writing career has been as long and varied as it has extraordinary.Intimate, revealing and generous of heart, these three lectures - written and delivered as part of his three year tenure as the Laureate for Irish fiction - reflect on his life and career so far, some of the formative moments and people he's met along the way, and the ongoing importance of creativity.
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