Mathieu Lommen: The Book Of Books [2012] hardback ART Almost all civil wars became

Almost all civil wars became proxy conflicts for the superpowers

the sun in your eyes and the sand between your toes

Everyone knew he had bludgeoned his mother to death with a poker from the fire

limits and obstacles to change in contemporary Ireland

A detached onlooker

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