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A searing thriller and moving love story, a tale of both personal and political intrigue, The Wild Colonial Boy is the urgent and eloquent first novel by James Hynes. The tense calm over the war-weary Northern Ireland provinces is soon to be broken by an IRA renegade who is linked to two young American travelers.
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This novel of Northern Ireland and an American courier jeopardized by his IRA sympathies is paced like a thriller and conveyed through gritty dialogue and detail.
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The Wild Colonial Boy
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Washington Square Press, New York, NY, 1990
ISBN 10: 0671741861
ISBN 13: 9780671741860
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good Condition paperback 356 pages. Seller Inventory # 036928
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Wild Colonial Boy
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1990 Hynes, James THE WILD COLONIAL BOY NY: Washington Square Press, c1990 First printing 356pp, 8vo, As new trade paperback, Seller Inventory # 50700
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. BI3 - A trade paperback book signed by author in very good condition that has moderate tanning, lightly curled, and light shelf wear. An American college student carries a money belt through customs on a trip to Ireland as an errand for his wealthy Irish-American family. He ends up being strong-armed by terrorists and is suddenly playing a part in the bitterness of Irish politics. 8.25"x5.25", 356 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # SCW08601
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Soft cover. Condition: Collectible - Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Text/NEW, showing trace margin discoloration. Softcover/VG w/faint creasing to lower front corner & trace shelfwear. Michigan-born novelist James Hynes (1955 -) has taught creative writing and philosophy as several institutions of higher learning. This, his excellent first novel, deals w/terrorism in Northern Ireland, home to the brand of terrorism practiced by the Provos, the outlaw branch of the Irish Republican Army. A fast paced thriller, using grittily realistic dialogue flushed w/details, the narrative juxtaposes youth & innocence against an escalating violence, linking Detroit-based sympathizers w/a violent faction within the IRA. College student Brian Donovan of Chicago, for his family, delivers funds to Ireland for the ``cause.'' Successful, he meets up with the leader of the faction, Jimmy Coogan, who is married to his cousin Maire. Task accomplished, Brian agrees to transfer plastique explosives to London. Within one shattering week, events lead to the death of Coogan, and to Brian's involvement with Claire Delaney, another young American whose Irish heritage has led her to embrace values contrary to his. Bonds between the Irish-Americans linkage are woven into this intelligent, compelling & informative depiction of how enduring homeland issues variously continue to burden the shoulders of immigrants in search of life-a-new. Seller Inventory # 020260
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