The Irish R M
$42.59
- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
20 November 1990
Summary
Major Sinclair Yeates leaves England to work as an Irish Resident Magistrate convinced that two and two make four. But as he passes judgement on a range of cases and characters that would have driven Solomon to drink he learns that in Ireland, two and two are just as likely to make five, or three, or even nothing at all…
First published at the turn of the century as EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M., these stories were quickly recognised as classics of Anglo- Irish literature and as some o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349101460 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349101469 |
| Author: | Martin Ross, E.OE. Somerville |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 20 November 1990 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 124mm x 28mm |
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The achievement remains solitary, immortal, like Hamlet or The Diary of a Nobody.
One of the funniest books ever written about Ireland - INDEPENDENT
A lyrical, hilarious masterpiece. - STANDARDBoisterous, colourful high jinks in the country. - TLSThe achievement remains solitary, immortal, like Hamlet or The Diary of a Nobody. - OBSERVERAbout The Author
Martin Ross
Edith Somerville and her cousin Violet Martin adopted male pseudonyms to produce one of the most celebrated literary partnerships and achieved international fame as Somerville and Ross.
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