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This book is a journal by Bill Naughton. He writes about his friendships with other writers, his experiences living in the English provinces, and his thoughts on human behavior. The journal is candid and tells the story of Naughton's life in a limpid, candid way.
This book is beautifully natural.a polished work of art"" -Brendan Kennelly. Bill Naughton (1910-1992) is best known for his novel Alfie, but he also wrote a number of plays and three volumes of autobiography. This is a writer's journal of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. In it Naughton describes his friendships with many fine writers-including Frank O'Connor, Patrick Kavanagh, Louis MacNeice, and W.R. Rodgers-painters, and others. Limpid, candid, and tellingly written, this journal delineates the struggles and triumphs of a migrant Irish writer living in the English provinces, with sympathetic insights into the variety and comedy of human behavior.
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