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The Temporary Gentleman (McNulty Family) The Temporary Gentleman by Sebastian Barry
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“How is it that for some people drinking is a short-term loan on the spirit, but for others a heavy mortgage on the soul?”
― Sebastian Barry, The Temporary Gentleman
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“A direct question in the company of men is in most contexts a sort of insult, something you learn young in Sligo bars.”
― Sebastian Barry, The Temporary Gentleman
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“Krezy, he pronounced it, krezy. Pure Roscommon. Pure Ghana.”
― Sebastian Barry, The Temporary Gentleman
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“Dedication Epigraph”
― Sebastian Barry, The Temporary Gentleman
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