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The House of Slamming Doors

By: Mark Macauley
Narrated by: Mark Macauley
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26th June,1963; President Kennedy arrives in Dublin. Nearby in Kildare, trouble brews at The Hall as Justin Montague, a handsome teenager, is forbidden by his wealthy father from seeing the charming daughter of a Montague estate worker, the one person who really loves him. 

“An audacious one-off. Packed with hilarious incident and pathos." (Catherine Taylor, The Guardian

“A marvelous achievement. It's a Tubular Bells for the podcast and audiobook generation.” (Stephen Fry)

"Tensions mount relentlessly. As bullets are fired in Dallas real violence erupts in Kildare." (Carol Birch, Times Literary Supplement)

©2020 Mark Macauley (P)2020 Mark Macauley

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