The Temporary Gentleman
By Sebastian Barry
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The McNulty Family Series: Book 3
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ISBN: 9781471262531
Jack McNulty is a “temporary gentleman,” an Irishman whose commission in the British Army in the Second World War was never made permanent. In 1957, in his lodgings in Accra, he sets out to write his story. He is an ordinary man, both petty and heroic, but he has seen extraordinary things. He has wandered the world—as a soldier, an engineer, a UN observer—following his childhood ambition to better himself. The Temporary Gentleman is a heartbreaking portrait of one man’s life and his last bid for freedom from the savage realities of the past and from himself.
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Summary
Summary
Jack McNulty is a “temporary gentleman,” an Irishman whose commission in the British Army in the Second World War was never made permanent. In 1957, in his lodgings in Accra, he sets out to write his story. He is an ordinary man, both petty and heroic, but he has seen extraordinary things. He has wandered the world—as a soldier, an engineer, a UN observer—following his childhood ambition to better himself.
The Temporary Gentleman is a heartbreaking portrait of one man’s life and his last bid for freedom from the savage realities of the past and from himself.
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Author
Author Bio: Sebastian Barry
Sebastian Barry, named Irish fiction laureate in 2018, is a playwright and author whose novels include A Long Long Way, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, as was The Secret Scripture, which was also a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist and winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, and the Irish Novel of the Year. His plays have been produced in London, Dublin, Sydney, and New York.
Details
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Runtime: | 7.35 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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