Crystal Clear: The Selected Prose of John JordanWriter, poet, lecturer, broadcaster and man of letters, John Jordan (1930 88) was a distinguished scholar critic in the Dublin of his day, teaching English at University College Dublin (1955 66) and at the Memorial University of Newfoundland at St John's (1966 7). A true cosmopolitan, and formidably read, his interests ranged from drama to literature in all its forms. This gathering of prose essays and reviews are taken from the columns of the Irish

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seeking out the ghost of his long dead brother

provides an intriguing insight into the life of one of the most innovative artists of the 20th century

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