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The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland

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First edition (publ. Poolbeg Press Ltd)

The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland is a compilation of previously uncollected stories by Frank O'Connor from 1981.[1] The stories were selected by O'Connor's widow, Harriet O'Donovan Sheehy, and the Cork writer David Marcus. The collection includes:

  • War
  • There is a Lone House
  • The Miracle (no relation to "The Miracle" from The Common Chord)
  • May Night
  • The Flowering Trees
  • The Storyteller
  • Mac's Masterpiece
  • The Climber
  • Hughie
  • Last Post
  • The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland
  • Uncle Pat
  • The Adventuress
  • The Landlady
  • Baptismal
  • What Girls Are For
  • Adventure
  • A Case of Conscience
  • The Call
  • Ghosts
  • The Grip of the Geraghtys

References

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  1. ^ Frank O’Connor. The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland. Dublin: Poolbeg, 1981.