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Authors: Thomas Fleming

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Remember the Morning
The Wages of Fame
Hours of Gladness
Dreams of Glory
When This Cruel War Is Over
“A writer of multiple talents, all of them formidably displayed in this brilliant book.”
—Michall Jeffers,
Michall Jeffers Interviews
 
“I was mesmerized.”
—Jordan Rich,
The Jordan Rich Show
 
“A violent, sex-obsessed tale from prolific historical novelist Thomas Fleming. A search for the Irish American soul.”
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Kirkus Reviews
 
“The tension mounts to an almost unbearable rate, exploding in a physical and emotionally violent climax. Fleming carefully interweaves the strands of several parallel plots into a stunning, multilayered thriller.”
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Booklist
 
“Fleming weaves together these racial and ethnic themes which resonate in the American psyche … . The reader daren't miss a paragraph.”
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Library Journal
 
“Mobs, Reds, IRA mix nicely … . In a mere 308 pages, Fleming packs the issues of hyphenated Americanism, the limits of family loyalty, the Vietnam War, patriotism, and corruption … . The pace and the body count are more reminiscent of a Quentin Tarantino movie than of a John LeCarré novel.”
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Flint Journal
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
 
 
HOURS OF GLADNESS
Copyright © 1999 by Thomas Fleming
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.
Lines by Dylan Thomas from
The Poems of Dylan Thomas.
Copyright © 1946 by New Directions Publishing Corp.
 
 
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eISBN 9781466821392
First eBook Edition : May 2012
 
 
Acknowledgments:
Lines by W. B. Yeats. Reprinted with the permission of Simon & Schuster Inc., from
The Poems of W. B. Yeats: A New Edition
edited by Richard J. Finneran. Copyright © 1983 by Anne Yeats.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-33598
First edition: November 1999
First mass market edition: February 2001

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