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He studied at bowdoin college, maine and trinity college, dublin, returning to dublin in 1977 when he cofounded a theatre company. Books by douglas kennedy author of the pursuit of happiness. For the past two decades kennedy has been entertaining readers with barrelling novels in which a parent, sibling or spouse is often the devil in disguise. Accomplisheda strangely mesmerising effectabsolutely excellent new statesman new york, 1980s alice burns a young b. The great wide open is an immensely ambitious and compulsive saga. Douglas kennedys the great wide open has been described as epic by just about everyone, and it often feels as though that was the intention. According to his publisher he currently divides his time between maine, manhattan, paris, london and berlin.
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