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First American hardcover edition, first printing, in fine condition. The green cloth boards are clean and unmarked, with silver lettering along the spine. The dust jacket is clean and free of marks. Pages are clean and unmarked throughout. Appears unread. First American edition, first printing, following the earlier UK Picador edition of the same year. Irish writer Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. He has twice won the Costa Book of the Year, and served as Laureate for Irish Fiction from 2018 to 2021. The first of three McNulty family novels. The second, The Secret Scripture, won the 2008 Costa Book of the Year. The third is The Temporary Gentleman. Each can be read on its own.