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Leaving behind his family in Dublin in order to join the Allied forces during World War I, eighteen-year-old Willie Dunne survives the horrors of war, but his return home is devastated by political tensions in Ireland.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barry, Sebastian, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2005.
Subjects:
Young men > Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 > Ireland > Fiction.
Ireland > History > War of Independence, 1919-1921 > Fiction.
Ireland > History > 1910-1921 > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Bildungsromans.
War stories.
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Summary:Leaving behind his family in Dublin in order to join the Allied forces during World War I, eighteen-year-old Willie Dunne survives the horrors of war, but his return home is devastated by political tensions in Ireland.
Physical Description:292 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:0670033804 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9780670033805 (hardcover : acid-free paper)