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The Speckled People: A Memoir of a Half-Irish Childhood
The Speckled People A Memoir of a HalfIrish Childhood
Author: Hugo Hamilton
The childhood world of Hugo Hamilton is a confused place: His father, a brutal Irish nationalist, demands his children speak Gaelic at home whilst his mother, a softly spoken German emigrant who escaped Nazi Germany at the beginning of the war, encourages them to speak German. All Hugo wants to do is speak English. English is, after all, what th...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780007156634
ISBN-10: 0007156634
Publication Date: 4/2004
Pages: 298
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Publisher: Fourth Estate
Book Type: Paperback
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