Sub-sub-series 6 - The Devil Finds Work for Idle Hands

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UGA P/P71/4/1/6

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The Devil Finds Work for Idle Hands

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  • [1991]-2003

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12 items

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      Essay on reading and John McGahern's early experiences of reading, first published as 'Those Dangerous Mirrors Reflecting Our Lives' in

      , 27 April 1991; reprinted as 'Me Among the Protestants: A Bookish Boyhood' in

      28 April 1991; reprinted as 'Legends that Shaped My Life' in

      4 May 1991; reprinted with revisions as 'The Solitary Reader' in

      , July 1991; reprinted with revisions as 'The Devil Finds Work for Idle Hands', in

      ed. Clare Boylan, published by Penguin in 1993; reprinted with revisions and an alternate ending as

      , translated by Margie Debelle, in

      ed. Jacqueline Genet and Élisabeth Hellegouarc'h published by Presses Universitaires de Caen in 1994; reprinted in English as 'Reading and Writing' in

      edited by Jacqueline Genet Wynne Hellegouarc'h, published by Colin Smythe in 1996; reprinted with revisions in De Valera's Irelands edited by Gabriel Doherty and Dermot Keogh, published by Mercier Press in 2003; shortened version of the first half reprinted in

      , 1 February 2003.

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      2116; 4.1.6

      P71/4.1.6

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      27/06/2013
      23/06/2025

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