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Politics' the polite word for antediluvian prejudices, the rags put on by enmity and tribal resentment.

Joseph O'Connor

Beliefs: Those things we hold to be true despite evidence to the contrary.

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Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name.

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I feel these days like a very large flamingo. No matter what way I turn, there is always a very large bill.

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He'd…settled into a life of Guinness, sarcasm and late late nights, the kind of life that American academics think real Dubliners lead.

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The most important thing I would learn in school was that almost everything I would learn in school would be utterly useless. When I was fifteen I knew the principal industries of the Ruhr Valley, the underlying causes of World War One and what Peig Sayers had for her dinner every day...What I wanted to know when I was fifteen was the best way to chat up girls. That is what I still want to know.

Joseph O'Connor

Joseph O'Connor

Joseph O'Connor

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Born: September 20, 1963 (age 63)

Bio: Joseph Victor O'Connor is an Irish novelist. He is known for his 2002 historical novel Star of the Sea. Before success as an author he was a journalist with the Sunday Tribune newspaper and Esquire magazine.

Known for:

Star of the Sea (2004)
Redemption Falls (2007)
Ghost Light (2010)
The Thrill of it All (2014)
The Salesman: A Novel (1998)

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