Selected poems of francis ledwidge, dublin, new island, 1992. Criminal minds john mooney, barry cummins, abigail rieley, emer. Devised and edited by dermot bolger, finbars hotel pools the efforts of seven acclaimed irish novelists joseph oconnor, anne enright, colm toibin, roddy doyle, jennifer johnston, hugo hamilton, and bolger himself in a humorous and suspenseful collaborative novel. The strangers will sarah hall, the night manager dermot. A year has passed since the closing of finbars hotel, a downonitsheels hotel on the dublin quays.
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