Novelist. Author of "KILLOYLE," "THE GREAT PINT-PULLING OLYMPIAD," and "THE ADORATIONS." Published by dalkeyarchive.store/ groveatlantic.com/
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"What makes Boylan’s novel so brilliant is that it’s relatable. It conjures up early 20th century Paris and Vienna with superlative clarity while describing events and characters that are all entirely relevant." --Dante Pettapiece. Read it and see if you agree!
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Stefan Zweig, Austrian man of letters, and Joseph Roth, author of the masterpiece "The Radetsky March," in Ostend, Belgium, 1936. The encounter was immortalized in Volker Weidermann's book "Ostend: Stefan Zweig, Joseph Roth, and the Summer Before the Dark."
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In East Germany: one road goes to "Berlin, Capital of the GDR"; the other, to "Westberlin." An Alfa Romeo, clearly not a local, is heading for "Westberlin."
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Audrey Hepburn's house, known as "La Paisible" ("The Peaceful"), in Tolochenaz, Vaud canton, Switzerland. She died there in 1993.
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Jack Nicholson as J. J. Gittes in Roman Polanski's "Chinatown," 1974. Roger Ebert called Nicholson's performance "key in keeping Chinatown from becoming just a genre crime picture."
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Jean Sibelius and his family moved into Ainola on the 24th of September, 1904. Lars Sonck (1870-1956) was the architect of this delightful place.
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