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Typescript draft of part of 'Sierra Leone' beginning " 'I suppose it won't be long now till your friend is here,' the barman said as he held the glass to the light after polishing, closing one eye like someone sighting down a gun barrel.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp1-19. Typescript identical to P71/457.

Typescript draft of part of Radio 4 'Book of the Week' adaptation of 'Memoir' beginning 'The soil in Leitrim is poor, in places no more than an inch deep.' Typescript is abridged from the published book, handwritten amendments abridge the text further. Paginated pp1-6.

Typescript draft of part of Radio 4 'Book of the Week' adaptation of 'Memoir' beginning 'My father must have heard from Maggie or Pat that the end was close.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp1-9.

Typescript draft of part of 'Parachutes' beginning 'the summer had been lived in dread that she'd go, in the wild hope that she'd say we'd make our lives together.' Paginated pp 1-21.

Typescript draft of part of 'Morocco: The Bitter and the Sweet' beginning 'In the Spring I got a call to ask if I'd travel to Morocco and write about that country.' Contains a small number of handwritten amendments.

Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning 'The soil in Leitrim is poor, in places no more than an inch deep.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp1-39. First page bears title 'First Draft of Memoir'.

Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning 'Bettymore had two classrooms but no porch and was on the very side of the road. Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 40-70.

Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning 'Even without my father's strange personality, the barracks itself was a strange institution, like much of the country at the time.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 71-101.

Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning '...suggested, was as much prayer as the mouthing of words by rote and empty observances without meaning.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 102-136.

Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning 'Maggie had to go outside, and Pat climbed the short stairs to look at the bedrooms.' Contains handwritten amendments, inscription on first page reads 'Long Cut,p 148-170', paginated pp 137-190. RESTRICTED.