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Walking the dog, and other stories, Bernard MacLaverty

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Walking the dog, and other stories, Bernard MacLaverty

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Walking the dog, and other stories

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Bernard MacLaverty

Summary

A collection from an Irish writer. In the title story a man is kidnaped by the IRA while walking his dog, in Silent Retreat, a Catholic schoolboy has a theological debate with a Protestant jail guard, and The Grandmaster is on a chess game in Spain which turns into a catalyst for grief and redemption

Table Of Contents

On the art of the short story -- Walking the dog -- The voyeur -- The grandmaster -- The fountain pen shop woman -- A silent retreat -- Looking out the window, 1 -- At the beach -- By train -- The wake house -- A visit to Norway -- In bed -- This fella I knew -- A foreign dignitary -- O'Donnell v. Your Man -- Compensations -- St Mungo's mansion -- Just visiting -- Looking out the window, 2

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