A ‘spy’ writer in good company

THE letter from Jack Lane on the Trevor/Bowen Summer School in Mitchelstown and Farrihy, Kildorrery, Co Cork (August 20) gave an interesting side-view on a great Irish writer.

A ‘spy’ writer in good company
Wed, 29 Aug, 2007 - 01:00
Letters

I have one, if not two, advantages over Mr Lane.

I lived through the Second World War years in Ireland, and attended the Trevor/Bowen school last August bank holiday weekend.

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