O'Casey was writing about people in the streets and his moth... — Frank McCourt

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"O'Casey was writing about people in the streets and his mother and dying babies and poverty. So that astounded me because I thought you could only write about English matters." — Frank McCourt

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O'Casey was writing about people in the streets and his mother and dying babies and poverty. So that astounded me because I thought you could only write about English matters.

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