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The Sailor in the Wardrobe

by Hugo Hamilton · 2006

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Following on from 'The Speckled People', Hugo Hamilton's new memoir has, at its heart, the story of a summer he spent working at a local harbour in Dublin, at a time of tremendous fear and mistrust.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
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IrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 288 pages

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