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Ireland
Recommended Reading
A Concise History of Ireland by Máire & Condor Cruise O'Brien: A readable and comprehensively illustrated short history.Mother Ireland by Edna O'Brien: A charming autobiographical travel book.Ulysses by James Joyce: If your concentration's particularly good, delve into this dense, luscious slab of prose poetry. It will help you understand what the hell's going on if you're in Dublin for Bloomsday.Culture Shock! Ireland by Patricia Levy: Recommended as an up-to-date introduction to Irish customs and culture.Barrytown Trilogy by Roddy Doyle: Doyle has the local vernacular down pat; his characters really speak off the page.
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