Emily answers “Where in West Cork is Skull? How could...”

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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?

Emily It wasn't even the historical inaccuracies that most bothered me most; I couldn't get past his inauthentic portrayal of 7 year olds. Both in thought a…moreIt wasn't even the historical inaccuracies that most bothered me most; I couldn't get past his inauthentic portrayal of 7 year olds. Both in thought and spoken words, Cyril and Julian were nowhere near the age of 7. Has the author ever met a 7 year old? (less)

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Judy Bushell Goodness me! It's fiction. ...more
Jun 28, 2019 10:00PM · flag

Jason I, too, noticed this. But I actually think the voice of the narrator was in past-tense, which I took to mean that he was telling the story from the pr ...more
Jan 10, 2020 08:05AM · flag

Dani No, I’m with Emily on this: Boyne decided to go for 7 year jumps in the narrative and fourteen would have been too late, is what I think happened. But ...more
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