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Expanding on characters and events in his preceding novels, Barry (On Canaan's Edge) tells the story of Jack McNulty, a "temporary gentleman" because his commission in the British Army during World War II wasn't made permanent. In 1957, McNulty finds himself in Accra, Ghana, far from his Sligo, Ireland, home, writing about his unlikely romance and life with the beautiful Mai Kirwan. An engineer who worked as a sapper during the war, McNult...Log In or Sign Up to Read More