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ISBN:
9781847302007
Publication Date:
November 2009
Page Count:
232
€ 12.95
Book Description:
Compressed beween the lovers of this remarkable new book is the distilled greatness of twenty five years of John Quinn's broadcasting career with RTE Radio. His uniquely curious and compassionable mind brings you on an intellectual and emotional journey with some 140 of the most interesting and challenging personalities of our recent past. Though short, terse pieces have the power of profound lyrics. Truly a great book for these current difficult times.
About the Author:
Born in Ballivor, Co. Meath, John Quinn is a much-loved broadcaster and radio producer who has been the recipient of numerous prestigious radio awards during his twenty-five years with RTÉ. He is also a writer of fiction and non-fiction, including Sea of Love, Sea of Loss: Letters to Olive, an intimate and inspiring book written as a tribute to his late wife. A skilful and engaging storyteller, his children s novel, The Summer of Lily and Esme, was described as an instant classic and won the 1992 Bisto Children s Book of the year. His most recent work is Goodnight Ballivor, I ll Sleep in Trim and is now the subject of a Tg4 documentary.