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Typescript draft of 'Peaches' beginning 'The shark stank far as the house, above it the screech of the sea birds; it'd stink until the birds had picked the bones clean, when the skeleton would begin to break up in the sun.' Contains a small number of handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-26, typescript identical to P71/395.

Typescript draft of part of 'Wheels', this draft bears the title 'My Future At My Back'; begins 'Grey concrete and steel and glass in the slow raindrip of the morning station, three porters pushing an empty trolley up the platform to a stack of grey mailbags....' Contains handwritten amendments, title amended by hand from 'My Future At My Back' to 'The Future That I Had.' Paginated pp 1-3, 5.

Typescript draft of part of 'What Ever You Say, Say Nothing' , this draft bears the title 'The Fifties'; Beginning 'There were two sectarian States in place, North and South, inward looking and ostensibly secure, secretly content with one another despite public claims and utterances.' Contains handwritten amendments, the typescript appears to be identical to the published article, amendments probably post date it's publication, inscriptions such as '1A - 4 A' refers to pagination of P71/900. Reverse side contains typescript fragments from Amongst Women .

Typescript draft of part of 'The Wine Breath' beginning 'The country childhood. His mother and father.' Paginated pp 8 - 13, maybe from the same draft as P71/446, however doesn't contain any amendments, typescript identical to P71/448.

Typescript draft of part of the television adaptation of 'Swallows' beginning '(As he finishes knotting his tie he sees a shadowy function in the mirror.)'.

Typescript draft of part of 'The Stoat' beginning 'A long-legged student in a turtleneck was following a two iron he had struck just short of the green when he heard the crying high in the rough grass above the fairway. ' paginated pp1-10. inscription on first page reads 'Book Copy', this version of the story appears in the 'Getting Through' collection.

Typescript draft of part of the screenplay of 'The Pornographer' beginning 'Michael's room. A bed, a writing table, a chair, wardrobe, dressing table, a narrow wall mirror, a gas fire, shelves of books, many books.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-48.

Typescript draft of part of the RTE radio adaptation of 'Memoir' beginning 'All this time, my father was still courting me, and I was charmed and delighted by his favour.' Typescript heading reads 'RTE August 2' . Contains handwritten abridgements and amendments. Paginated pp 1-7.

Typescript draft of part of 'The Rockingham Shoot' beginning 'come away from the window, Sergeant.' Paginated pp 2-29.

Typescript draft of part of the Radio 4 'Book of the Week' adaptation of 'Memoir' beginning ' Guard Cannon came back to say that Packie McCabe would be outside any minute.' Inscription on first page reads 'Radio Four V', contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 250-285.