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'Hope, generosity and sexual passion glitter like small jewels in Maeve Brennan's devastating story of a chilly, tight-lipped Dublin. A perfect introduction to her work.' - Angela Bourke

'She is constantly alert, sharp-eyed as a sparrow for the crumbs of human event, the overheard and the glimpsed and the guessed-at.' - John Updike

'Brennan remains precise, unyielding: something lovely and unbearable is happening on the page.' - Anne Enright

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