Contrarybollix asked this question about The Heart's Invisible Furies:
Where in West Cork is Skull? How could Fidel Castro send cigars to Ireland in 1952? How could Pompidou be a former French president in 1959? How was Lady Chatterley's Lover available to an Irish teenager in 1959?
Barbara Lady Chatterley's Lover was published in English some time in the 1940s, and while it certainly would not have been available in mainstream books stor…moreLady Chatterley's Lover was published in English some time in the 1940s, and while it certainly would not have been available in mainstream books stores in Ireland or England in 1959, it was available throughout Europe and probably in private and black market venues in Ireland and England. Also remember that Julian was the one who said he had read it, which may simply have been a boast.
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