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Contents:

• TRACKG A HISTORY OF IMAGARY QUEER OR GAY MEN MORN IRISH LERATURE
• BT NOVELS WH A GAY ROMANCE AND CRIME SOLVG PLOT/SUBPLOT
• WHY SEBASTIAN BARRY’S NEW BOOK WAS SPIRED BY HIS GAY SON
• AT SWIM, TWO BOYS IS A GREAT IRISH NOVEL, AND A GROUNDBREAKG GAY LOVE STORY
• AT SWIM, TWO BOYS IS A GREAT IRISH NOVEL, A GAY LOVE STORY BUT SO MUCH MORE
• 10 QUTNS WH IRISH GAY AUTHOR OF ‘THE MOTH AND MOON’, GLENN QUIGLEY

TRACKG A HISTORY OF IMAGARY QUEER OR GAY MEN MORN IRISH LERATURE

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BT NOVELS WH A GAY ROMANCE AND CRIME SOLVG PLOT/SUBPLOT

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WHY SEBASTIAN BARRY’S NEW BOOK WAS SPIRED BY HIS GAY SON

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AT SWIM, TWO BOYS IS A GREAT IRISH NOVEL, AND A GROUNDBREAKG GAY LOVE STORY

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AT SWIM, TWO BOYS IS A GREAT IRISH NOVEL, A GAY LOVE STORY BUT SO MUCH MORE

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10 QUTNS WH IRISH GAY AUTHOR OF ‘THE MOTH AND MOON’, GLENN QUIGLEY

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