Book review: The Temporary Gentleman

SEBASTIAN BARRY’S latest novel, his eighth (just published in paperback), opens with a bang: the World War II torpedoing of a ship carrying British officers to Africa.

Sat, 21 Mar, 2015 - 00:00

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Sebastian Barry

Faber & Faber, €9.99;

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