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Shortlisted for the 2011 costa first novel awardforty years in th. The book is set in the year 2053, in a world with minimal technology. The oncegreat city of bohane on the west coast of ireland is on its knees, infested by vice and split along tribal lines. Buy the paperback book city of bohane by kevin barry at indigo.
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