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Island in the deep.(The Many-Coloured Land: A Return to Ireland by Christopher Koch)(Book Review)
The Many-Coloured Land: A Return to Ireland, by Christopher Koch; Picador, 2002, $30.
THIS IS CHRISTOPHER KOCH'S first book of nonfiction for a while (his 1987 collection of essays, Crossing the Gap, was reprinted recently, however). A journey into the Irishness at the centre of Koch's own writing and spirit, it is also a journey into the heart of what it means to be Irish, both in the past and now.
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