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August Is a Wicked Month

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When the month started, we noted that Edna O'Brien once labelled August as a 'wicked month' - and as the month comes to a close, it must be admitted that it has fully lived up to its billing.
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claims it featured "one of the best author photographs of the 20th century." That cover was reprinted on the cover of her 2012 memoir
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The title is regularly mentioned to this day by commentators on topics ranging from business and politics to fashion and weather.
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August may be a wicked month for Miss Edna o'brien but it's one of the busiest in the calendar for local fashion watchers.
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I can't remember now why Edna O'Brien thought August was a wicked month. But it can hardly have been the weather.
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Edna O'Brien was right: August is indeed a wicked month.
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A Way Back to Life, 6 June 1965, Eliot Fremont-Smith
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Jonathan Cape
Lord Snowdon
Edna O'Brien
Jonathan Cape
ISBN
978-2-246-09920-8
Edna O'Brien
The New York Times
Country Girl
"Seeking the Ardent Life, Finding It and Sharing It: Edna O'Brien's Memoir, 'Country Girl'"
The New York Times
Banned in Ireland: Censorship and the Irish Writer
Routledge
ISBN
9780415054140
"Miss O'Brien takes a look at the country that banned her"
The Sydney Morning Herald
Google News
"Fingers crossed as sun sets on August"
Irish Independent
"An Irishman's Diary"
The Irish Times
"Predators pounce as politicians dither: With the very survival of the euro in doubt, Ireland's fiscal position is heading in a very Italian direction warns Marc Coleman"
Irish Independent
"When It Comes To Style, August Can Be Beautiful"
The Sydney Morning Herald
A Way Back to Life, 6 June 1965, Eliot Fremont-Smith
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