The Admiral and the Nuns

Name: The Admiral and the Nuns
Author: Frank Tuohy

by Frank Tuohy

Novel exploring intellectual pretension and naval traditions in Irish setting

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Frank Tuohy

Tuohy was a distinguished short story writer and novelist whose years in Poland, Brazil, and Japan gave his work unusual international range. The Ice Saints is his finest novel, a portrait of Communist Poland.

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