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Book review: Northman: John Hewitt, 1907-87. An Irish Writer, His World, and His Times

I WISH I’d known in November 1982 what I know now, having read this extraordinary biographical study of John Hewitt by W J McCormack (who is more widely known as the Dolmen Press poet, Hugh Maxton).

Sat, 10 Oct, 2015 - 01:00

Review: Thomas McCarthy

WJ McCormack

Oxford University Press

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