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Rachel Kushner Reads Edna O’Brien

The New Yorker: Fiction

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Missus Rogers and Mary, a Laughter in the Kitchen

The party was in honor of mister brogan, the local customs and excise officer. His wife lived 30 miles away at the far side of limerick,. He lodged in the commercial hotel from monday to friday, going home for the week ends. Mary realized that she was being given work to do, and she blushed with shock and disappointment. The girls nudged each other when they saw her dress. In the kitchen was a distinct smell of cow dung and fried onions.

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