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A paperback copy (Brandon - 1985) of John B Keane's collection, Owl Sandwiches.
A collection of short essays, many showing the keen observational humour that most of his lighter writing was full of, 'an observer of foibles and teller of tales of dubious veracity' as the blurb very accurately puts it.
Small format paperback, light foxing and spotting.
Many of these essays appeared originally in newspapers like the Evening Herald, The Kingdom, and the Limerick Leader.
John B. Keane, one of Ireland's most prolific and respected literary figures, died on 30 May 2002 at the age of 73, after a long and difficult battle with cancer. John B. Keane was born in 1928 in Listowel, County Kerry and it was here that he spent his literary career, running a pub which provided him with inspiration for his characters and ideas.
His first play, Sive, was presented by the Listowel Drama Group and won the All-Ireland Drama Festival in 1959. It was followed by another success, Sharon's Grave, in 1960. The Field (1965) and Big Maggie (1969), are widely regarded as classics of the modern Irish stage and jewels in a crown which includes such popular hits as Many Young Men of Twenty, The Man from Clare, Moll, The Chastitute and The Year of the Hiker. His large canon of plays have been seen abroad in cities as far afield as Moscow and Los Angeles. Big Maggie ran on Broadway for over two months in 1982 and The Field was adapted into an Oscar-winning Hollywood film, starring Brenda Fricker and Richard Harris, in 1991.
