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Brian keenan cbe is a northern irish writer whose work includes the book an evil cradling, an account of the four and a half years he spent as a hostage in. The poems title beirut remembered is placed early in the text before keenan has arrived in lebanon. Prepare an oral presentation in which you present your visual metaphor to the class. Its a remarkable account of keenans ordeal in as a hostage in beirut from 1986 to 1990. Download an evil cradling ebook free in pdf and epub format.
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