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854:The Condition of Muzak
702:Guardian Fiction Prize
141:Guardian Fiction Prize
110:Guardian Fiction Prize
51:Larry Bennett (design)
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448:The Company of Wolves
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176:surrounded by other
67:Co-op Books (Dublin)
1098:Reading in the Dark
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886:The House of Hunger
386:Retrieved 6/2/2022.
374:Retrieved 6/2/2022.
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722:Clive Barry
717:Crumb Borne
622:(2017–2020)
614:(2011–2013)
611:The Borgias
480:The Miracle
425:Neil Jordan
352:Irish Times
271:Portmarnock
170:hod carrier
166:Kensal Rise
162:Last Orders
151:in the US.
125:Neil Jordan
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1143:Categories
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1069:Pat Barker
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988:The Levels
903:J. L. Carr
847:Robert Nye
359:References
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267:Outpatient
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1032:1991–1998
982:Jim Crace
978:Continent
967:Hawksmoor
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913:1981–1990
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782:1971–1980
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520:In Dreams
456:Mona Lisa
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260:Her Soul
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298:Dublin
290:A Love
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196:tinker
129:Dublin
106:Awards
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536:Not I
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339:Joyce
309:From
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