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Life With Brendan: A Talk with Beatrice Behan

By Brendan Lynch

September 1991

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With daughter Blanaid now working for Sky Television and son Paudge at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and preparing for his first film part, Beatrice Behan for the first time in her life has time to sit back and take stock and indulge for a change in her own favorite activities. The widow of playwright Brendan Behan says, "I miss the children of course, just as I have … [Read more...] about Life With Brendan: A Talk with Beatrice Behan

Book Review | Damage

By Frank Shouldice

July/August 1991

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One of the most auspicious debuts in published fiction this year is Josephine Hart's brisk novel, Damage. Critical plaudits and advance publicity have lifted the slim volume into various top-selling lists. Indeed, the almost indecent haste of its arrival has been pejoratively associated with the author's marriage to London public relations doyen Maurice Saatchi, to whom the … [Read more...] about Book Review | Damage

The Outsider

By Kate O'Callaghan

February 1991

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William Trevor is one of the most respected fiction writers of our time. Best known as a short-story writer, he is also the author of ten novels and numerous plays for radio, stage and television. Trevor, who began writing only in his 30's, is now 61 years of age. He first achieved prominence with the publication of a novel, The Old Boys, in 1964. He has long been considered a … [Read more...] about The Outsider