A Warm Bed on a Cold Night, and Other Stories

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Mercier Press, 1997 - English fiction - 144 pages
This is a collection of works by John B. Keane. The social habits of the Irish feature prominently in these pieces. He ruminates on the pleasures of beer drinking, the pursuits of cornerboys and the comfort of A Warm Bed On A Cold Night.

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Contents

A WARM BED ON A COLD NIGHT
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CORNER BOY CHAMPIONSHIP 8 8 8 0 2 K 2 2 2 2 2 102
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DOGS
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Copyright

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About the author (1997)

John B. Keane was born in Ireland on July 21, 1928. He attended St. Michael's College, Listowel. By 1945, he was apprenticed to a chemist in Listowel. He eventually took over a small public house and began to write. During his lifetime, he published 46 works including Sive, The Field, Big Maggie, The Streets and Other Poems, Sharon's Grave, Letters of a Matchmaker, Hut 42, Moll, and Durango. In 1999 he won the first Irish PEN Award for Literature. Keane died from prostate cancer on May 30, 2002 at the age of 73.

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