Great Irish Detective Stories

by Peter Haining (Editor)

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A collection of detective stories by Irish writers over the last 150 years, ranging from Elizabeth Bowen and Freeman Wills Crofts to Brendan Behan, William Trevor, Sean O'Faolain, Nicholas Blake and Peter Tremayne.

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Peter Haining
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Behan, Brendan (Contributor)
Birmingham, George A. (Contributor)
Blake, Nicholas (Contributor)
Bodkin, M. McDonnell (Contributor)
Bowen, Elizabeth (Contributor)
Cheyney, Peter (Contributor)
Cleeve, Brian (Contributor)
Connon, Reardon (Contributor)
Conyers, Dorothea (Contributor)
Crispin, Edmund (Contributor)
Crofts, Freeman Wills (Contributor)
Dowling, Richard (Contributor)
Dunsany, Lord (Contributor)
Griffin, Gerald Joseph (Contributor)
Joyce, James (Contributor)
Kiely, Benedict (Contributor)
Lover, Samuel (Contributor)
O Sandair, Cathal (Contributor)
O'Brien, Flann (Contributor)
O'Connor, Frank (Contributor)
O'Duffy, Eimar (Contributor)
O'Faolain, Sean (Contributor)
O'Flaherty, Liam (Contributor)
Strong, L. A. G. (Contributor)
Tremayne, Peter (Contributor)
Trevor, William (Contributor)

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Canonical title
Great Irish Detective Stories
Original publication date
1993
Dedication
For Philippa, Richard, Wendy, Ray and Kari, and unforgettable memories of Dunmore East
First words
Nothing as appalling had happened before at Drimaghleen; its people had never been as shocked.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)There was a brass plate on one of the door column. On it was written: REX CARLO PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
823.087208 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Mystery fiction Mystery anthologies
LCC
PR8876.5 .D48 .G74 — Language and Literature English English Literature English literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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